Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

Good behavior wins even an enemy.

I no longer listen to what people say, I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.

The test of a man's or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.