The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

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

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

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

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.