Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

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