How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.