The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

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

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.