People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.