Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

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

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Habit: the shackles of the free