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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

In the mythic schema of all relations between men and women, man proposes, and woman is disposed of.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

We placed the wreaths upon the splendid granite sarcophagus, and at its feet, and felt that only the earthly robe we loved so much was there. The pure, tender, loving spirit which loved us so tenderly, is above us -- loving us, praying for us, and free from all suffering and woe -- yes, that is a comfort, and that first birthday in another world must have been a far brighter one than any in this poor world below!.

I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants.

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.

It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die.

We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.

Listen. Don't explain or justify.

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.