Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

Eat in the dark the bargain that you purchased in the dusk.

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.

When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.

Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.

We ought to test for the living water.

Dead’s not good, but at least it’s simple.

It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.

He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.

Learn to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life... if we look closely we see they... bring us just the right information at just the right time.

I couldn't despise a man more than George W. Bush.

God not only initiated my salvation, He not only sowed the seed, but He made sure that that seed germinated in my heart by regenerating me by the power of the Holy Ghost.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

A man cannot sleep in his cradle: whatever is useful must in the nature of life become useless.