Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.