We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

We are franker towards others than towards ourselves

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.