It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

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

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Renown and repose do not go together.