If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Ability is poor men's wealth

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou