A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Toddlers are germ-warfare machines in a cute package"- Debora Geary

Letting go may sound so simple, but rarely is it a one-time thing. Just keep letting go, until one day it's gone for good.

How do I have productive days with minimum drama? Simple

For me, Company is still the best way for me to work.

Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

The truths I shun follow me, mumbling.

I come from a family of lawyers. I was expected to be a professional of some sort, not an artist. I was never uplifted for my art.