All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.