The first duty of love is to listen.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.