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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

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

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

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.