Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.