Behind every rebellious teenager there was an over indulged child.
every good book is fundamentally a self help book.
An intelligent man can get away with beliefs that the average man would be labelled a lunatic for.
Anything that divides a man from his fellow men is, when carried to its logical conclusion, genocidal.
People do not lose money because they gamble, they gamble because they want to lose their money.
If a young man wants to arouse suspicion all he has to do is look a stranger in the eye for more than 1 second, if a woman wants to arouse suspicion all she has to do is to ignore every stranger’s eyes.
If desire does not find its proper outlet eventually it will turn back in on itself and lead to a desire to be desired.
The worst thing the average man can do is live philosophically, the best thing he can do is live religiously.
Laziness begins with making yourself an exception and it ends with wounded vanity.
Three rules to a conversation: If you’re bored, talk about yourself. If you’re boring, talk about the weather. If the other person is boring, talk about them.
These are great aphorisms. I love the bit on laziness.