Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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.

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

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.