The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

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

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to