Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Man is by nature a social animal.
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied.
Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
The funniest people are the saddest ones.
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
Men willingly believe what they wish to be true.
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure; men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use.
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
Desire is the very essence of man.
Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right - all that falls to them is so much gain - all their geese are swans.
He who is too well off is always longing for something new.
Then her envious heart had peace, as much as an envious heart can have.
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
Remember that the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interest or your profit. They seek service for themselves.
The most effective thing I have ever found in advertising is the trend of the crowd.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.
Custom is the great guide of human life.
Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
