A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Two man looks out through the same bars: the one sees the mud, the one the stars.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges