Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.

Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

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.