Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

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

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.