The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
Enjoy the insult as you deliver it, before you learn its cost.
The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.
People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.