Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.