Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.