A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

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

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

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