Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

As long as there is life there is danger.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.