Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

He understands badly who listens badly.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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