Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

The present is never a happy state to any being

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

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