Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Necessity truns lion into fox.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour