Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

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

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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.