Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.