Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

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

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.