To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare