A man can smile and smile and be a villain.

The old idea that words possess magical powers is false; but its falsity is the distortion of a very important truth. Words do have a magical effect - but not in the way that magicians supposed, and not on the objects they were trying to influence. Words are magical in the way they affect the minds of those who use them.

If you don't gamble, you'll never win.

Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital.

The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.

Of the significant and pleasurable experiences of life only the simplest are open indiscriminately to all. The rest cannot be had except by those who have undergone a suitable training.

Every gain made by individuals or society is almost instantly taken for granted.