Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment — that which they cannot anticipate.

Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring, and good-looking? Because those men already have boyfriends.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.