A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.