The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
Courage leads starward, fear toward death.
Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must deeply understand that things could be much worse but aren't! To not do that is to always be less happy than he could be.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.