The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

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

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.