We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway.