Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

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

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.