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

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.

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.

He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.

The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.

Wars are started by the truth. Peace is proclaimed with lies.

It is a word that's quickly spoken, which being unrestrained, a heart is broken

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you.

I love people and I love to sing, and that's what keeps me going.

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

But, Dad! We can't leave. Uncle Jake is hurt!" Daphne said. "Besides, that's Pinocchio. I want to get an autograph.

Only the basic situations in life occur only once, never to return. For a man to be a man, he must be fully aware of this never-to-return. (p.148)

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant.

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