To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

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