Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

People say law but they mean wealth.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

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

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.