The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.