It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.