Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

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

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.