Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

An expert is a man, who dosent has all the answers, but he is sure that if that he is given enough money he can find them.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.