Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.