Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.

Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.

It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

If you can turn a murderer into a mere thief, you are making progress.

Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.