The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...