Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

There is danger in courage. Cowardice is a power for good. We hardly know what it prevents.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

People have never lost what they think they have.

Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents.

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

Real life seems to have no plots.