The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.