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

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

A language is like living skin itself.