Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.