It's good to shut up sometimes.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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...

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.