People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.