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

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.