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

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

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.

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

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.