Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Never practice two vices at once.

Never practice two vices at once.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.

When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the read more

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say read more

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to read more

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.