The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

If at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

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

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur