I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.

The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; read more

A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had read more

We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had the opportunity to make them.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.

The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.