Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

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

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

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

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.