Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

A half truth is a whole lie.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.