All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.