Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

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...