There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite read more

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. - Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, [but] if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more

The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.

Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more

Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.