The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'