At the mention of the word mace, the guy looked scared and kind of melted back, though the crowd kept him moving forward.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.