Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

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