Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

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