Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Stability is not immobility

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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...

When u were born, u were crying and everyone round u was smiling.. Live ur life so that when u die, u're the one who is smiling and everyone round u is crying..

You can't unscramble an egg.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Onemust talk little and listen much.