The less the power, the greater the desire to exercise it.

In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it.

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine weather.

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

The Stag at Bay with the mentality of a fox at large.

The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result.

Whom the mad would destroy, first they make gods.

It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender.

Even so, I think historians have more to offer than perspective on our present woes. The foreign country we call the past also lets us look beyond the horizons of what is, to see what could be.

Fill the cup of happiness for others and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this society prevents all manner of inconveniences.

I think people are finally realising that women are interesting and more interesting the older they get. But it's taken a while for that realisation to happen.

I sold some shares, but on a net basis, significantly increased my ownership.

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

A 20-year-old is never going to give death a second thought, whereas someone in their late 50s is going to think about it... I don't know, 20 times a day.

He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.

The very first task of leadership is to set the vision for the organization. If you don't set the vision, you're not the leader.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.