The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail A fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation. He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience. One of them interrupting him said, If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.

Italy is only a geographical expression.

You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.

These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer Right onward.

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations.

Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it, Making it momentany as a sound, Swift as a shadow, short as any dream, Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!' The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion.

If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to go a little berserk.

No more tears now; I will think about revenge.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

And he that will to bed go sober, Falls with the leaf still in October.

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

I always thought looking back on the times I cried would make me laugh; but I never knew looking back on the times I laughed would make me cry.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

I don't like giving names to generations. It's like trying to read the song title on a record that's spinning.

It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.

A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.

For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.

Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already.