Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
—Aeschylus (525–456 BCE) Greek Poet
An consultant is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound confusing.
—Unknown
The worst thing that can happen to a man who gambles is to win
—Charles Spurgeon (1834–92) English Baptist Preacher
Don’t set your wit against a child.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart.
—Mort Walker (b.1923) American Comic Artist, Cartoonist
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
—Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) Italian Writer, Poet
Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the worst sort of reading.
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Irish Satirist
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
—Aristophanes (447–386 BCE) Greek Comic Playwright
The simplest explanation is that it doesn’t make sense.
—William Buechner (1914–85) American Nuclear Physicist
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
—John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838–1923) British Political Leader, Writer, Editor, Journalist
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today.
—Chinese Proverb
Wishers were ever fools
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Chance favors those in motion.
—James H. Austin American Buddhist Neuroscientist, Scientist, Author, Academic
A useless life is an early death.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chinese Statesman
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
—Thurgood Marshall (1908–93) American Jurist
Luck is preparation meeting opportunity.
—Oprah Winfrey (b.1954) American TV Personality
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
Men are what their mothers made them. You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckaback, why it does not make cashmere, as expect poetry from this engineer, or a chemical discovery from that jobber.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
A wit should be no more sincere than a woman constant.
—William Congreve (1670–1729) English Playwright, Poet
I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
True friends stab you in the front.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
The best revenge is massive success.
—Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) American Singer
From wine what sudden friendship springs.
—John Gay (1685–1732) English Poet, Dramatist
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech as shallow as time.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.
—Dwight Morrow (1873–1931) American Businessman, Diplomat
Convincing yourself doesn’t win an argument
—Robert Half
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
—Pierre Corneille (1606–84) French Poet, Dramatist
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
—Unknown
Since when was an emotional argument won by logic
—Robert A. Heinlein (1907–88) American Science Fiction Writer
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
All authority belongs to the people
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
The sound of water says what I think.
—Zhuang Zhou (c.369–c.286 BCE) Chinese Taoist Philosopher
The power of Thought, the magic of the Mind!
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
The power of Thought,—the magic of the Mind!
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
A mother understands what a child does not say.
—Hebrew Proverb
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) British Philosopher, Economist