Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou