Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.

The wise willingly accept the unwillingness of the foolish to accept what is as part of what is.

Very few things make a fool feel smart better than negotiating.

Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.

All too often, a wise or free person is ridiculed, because of ignorance, by fools or slaves.

Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said.

Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.

Some fools are educated, rich, and/or famous.

It is an extremely strong desire in a fool to be regarded as cool.