If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

What is well done is done soon enough.

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...

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him