Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.