There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the read more

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Never practice two vices at once.

Never practice two vices at once.

My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was read more

My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.

No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will read more

No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more

Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to read more

But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to care not for.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.