Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.