It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.