Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

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

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

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.