Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.