Government is a system of morality developed by philosophers and refined by mercenaries.

If the gods exist, then it does not matter whether or not this is something that one knows.

And as for the enlightened, one can only pity them the deceptions of their muses.

I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.

Here's to love at first sight, and here's to getting over it the moment you blink.

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man.

Nothing lasts forever. Sadness has an end no matter how long it may last. The more you prepare for the end of your sadness, the more happy you will be

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.

Terrorism really doesn't strike at physical structures as much as it strikes at ideas, and its main fear is ideas. And cartoonists are particularly effective at distilling ideas.

These considerations and many others that might be mentioned prove, and experience confirms it, that artisans and manufacturers will commonly be disposed to bestow their votes on merchants.

If Donald Trump shows signs of backing out of Europe, the Russians might be willing to stay out of his confrontation with Iran. If he follows Obama's program in Europe, things might be different.

Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either.

If you want meaning, you read poetry or a novel or something, you don't read song lyrics. You're supposed to listen to them with music.