Every advantage has its tax

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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 flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.