Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

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

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.