Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.