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.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

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

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.