There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.