Whatever you have spend less.
Knowledge always demands increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but will afterwards always propagate itself.
Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice.
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.
People die of fright and live of confidence.
Sorrow makes us children again.
It is very hard to be simple enough to be good.
It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy – but he who has shown the better temper.
Life too near paralyses art.
The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Above anything else, I hate to lose.
She was taken by surprise at quite how breathtaking the twinkle in her eyes was. She listened and watched attentively, magnetized. As butterflies danced on her lips, her own stomach felt butterflies.
