Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

When you grow suspicious of a person and begin a system of espionage upon him, your punishment will be that you will find your suspicions true.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.

The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic.