The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves.

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

The cliche is dead poetry.

Words are as recalcitrant as circus animals, and the unskilled trainer can crack his whip at them in vain.

Do not believe those persons who say they have never been jealous. What they mean is that they have never been in love.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.