A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

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

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

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.