Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.