Penetration has an air of divination; it pleases our vanity more than any other quality of the mind.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment.

Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.

In order to succeed in the world people do their upmost to appear successful.

When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom from the Patterns That Bind You There are two kinds of faithfulness in love: one is based on forever finding new things to love in the loved one; the other is based on our pride in being faithful.

The most sure method of subjecting yourself to be deceived is to consider yourself more cunning than others.