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

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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Genius is a long impatience.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

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.

Neversay more than is necessary.