Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment