Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.