Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

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

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.