A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

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

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.