It Is Not Only A Matter Of

The Proverb Says That 'the Answer To A Fool Is Silence'. Observation, However, Indicates That Almost Any Other Answer Will Have The Same Effect In The Long Run.

Do Not Try To Be Humble: Learn Humility.

One Can Give Or Withhold In A Manner Far More Effective, Sophisticated, Useful, Which Is Quite Invisible To People Who Think That Giving Or Withholding Is Done By External Assessment. If You Seek Some Mark Of Favour Or 'promotion', Know That You Are Not Ready For It. Progress Comes Through Capacity To Learn, And Is Irresistible. Nobody Can Stand Between You And Knowledge If You Are Fit For It.

Effort Makes Some Great Men Famous. Even Greater Effort Enables Other Great Men To Remain Unknown.

A King Who Feared Wasps Once Decreed That They Were Abolished. As It Happened, They Did Him No Harm. But He Was Eventually Stung To Death By Scorpions.