Modesty is the clothing of talent.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.