Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Those who trust us educate us.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.