The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

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

Suspicion begets suspicion.

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

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.