The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

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

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.