Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

People say law but they mean wealth.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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