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

Buying ischeaper than asking.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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.

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.