Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.