If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

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

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.