Renown and repose do not go together.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol