Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

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

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

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