The sympathy of most people consists of a mixture of good-humour, curiosity, and self-importance.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

The word of my lord is the sword for world.

Education should be the process of helping everyone to discover his uniqueness." -Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)

Woke up this morning afraid I was gonna live.

I do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter

It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.

Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

If I announce the armistice and the Americans don't send sufficient reinforcements and don't land near Rome, the Germans will seize the city and put in a puppet fascist government.

Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists.

A dining room table with children's eager hungry faces around it, ceases to be a mere dining room table, and becomes an altar.