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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Nevercut what you can untie.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.