Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you