He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol