Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

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

Sweet is pleasure after pain

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

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

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.