One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character