Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile-hoping it will eat him last.