Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.