The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

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

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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