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If ordinary people complain that I speak too much of myself, I complain that they do not even think of themselves.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It’s happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you’ll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues.

One has to secrete a jelly in which to slip quotations down people’s throats – and one always secretes too much jelly.