There is a foolish corner in the brain of wisest man.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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 at first you do succeed, try, try not to be a bore

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.