Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

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

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.