One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise