A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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 soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.