Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.