Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

The comforter's head never aches.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

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