Better ask ten times than go astray once.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.