» The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.
» There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.
» A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
» A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
» [The lover says:] How beautiful you are, now that you love me
» I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
» It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.