I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.