Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

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.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.