I'm told I'm very charming when people do what I want.

Staring into the dragon's maw, one quickly learns wisdom.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Appropriate action means to advance your own goals, without unintentional harm to anyone else.

A stupid person can make only certain, limited types of errors; the mistakes open to a clever fellow are far broader. But to the one who knows how smart he is compared to everyone else, the possibilities for true idiocy are boundless.

You have been asking what you could do in the great events that are now stirring, and have found that you could do nothing. But that is because your suffering has caused you to phrase the question in the wrong way.

Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.