O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Why the hell would terrorists kidnap a bunch of high school students?
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one.