Necessity truns lion into fox.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

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

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.