A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

To teach isto learn twice.