Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him