This is why the same external events or circumstances affect no two people alike; even with perfectly similar surroundings every one lives in a world of his own... The world in which a man lives shapes itself chiefly by the way in which he looks at it, and so it proves different to different men; to one it is barren, Read More >>

It is advisable to let everyone of your acquaintance- whether man or woman- feel now and then that you could very well dispense with their company. This will consolidate friendship. Nay, with most people there will be no harm in mixing a grain of disdain with your treatment of them; that will make them value your friendship all the more... Read More >>

You will always be the prey or plaything of the devils and fools in this world, if you expect to see them going about wearing horns or jangling their bells. And it should be borne in mind that, in their intercourse with others, people are like the moon: they show you only one of their sides. Every man has an Read More >>