Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.