For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Be first the master of yourself

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

Too bad, Elizabeth. You're Stuck with me.Not for a few decades, not for centuries. You're tied to me forever. That boy and girl offspring you talked off? They'll come from me--or no one.

People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it

A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education.

The compass of accurate knowledge directs the shortest, safest, cheapest course to any destination

No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.

In engineering, that only is great which achieves. It matters not what the intention is, he who in the day of battle is not victorious is not saved by his intention.

Research by the Keller Fay Group finds that only 7 percent of word-of-mouth happens online.

If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.

Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.