A number of our scientists boast intelligence but lack wisdom. I find those to be the predictable ones.

Like crying wolf, if you keep looking for sympathy as a justification for your actions, you will someday be left standing alone when you really need help.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.

If ever you feel like an animal among men be a lion.

There's nothing more contagious than the laughter of young children; it doesn't even have to matter what they're laughing about.