The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

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

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

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

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.