Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.