Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.