Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

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

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains