May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.

Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.

Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.