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 can't unscramble an egg.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.