A man is like a tree: In a forest of his peers, he will grow as straight as his individual and generic nature allows; only in open fields, he succumbs to the deforming tensions and twists that surround him.
A boring person is the one who speaks when you want them to listen to you.
Everyone is mad, but the one who analyzes their madness is called a philosopher.
An egotist is a person who thinks more about themselves than about me.
Politics is the management of public affairs for the benefit of individuals.
A coward is a person in whom the instinct of self-preservation still functions normally.
Reasoning: weighing probabilities on the scale of desire.