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

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Renown and repose do not go together.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out