All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them: It is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job. Another problem with governing people is people.

Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.