Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

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

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.