If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Ittakes time to save time.

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.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.