Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

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