If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.