One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Be first the master of yourself

The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.

Cunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itself.

Memory is not only unruly, leaving us in the lurch when most needed, but stupid as well, putting its nose into places where it is not wanted.

For the advice in a joke is sometimes more useful than the most serious teaching.

Rivalry discovers that courtesy overlooks.

One way or another, all humans are superstitious.

I didn't choose Goldberg because I wanted to be the flagship for the Jewish movement, not by any stretch of the imagination. I chose Goldberg because no one else can own it.

I don't listen to weakies.

Sometimes to think about why some institutions are stable, it's interesting to go one generation back and look at the author of that stability.

Not all animal brides are doomed. Not all men are greedy or violent or possessive.

This maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.

Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future.

The communists pave the way for him (the Jew).

I know you're a fool, Jim Hardy, but for heaven's sake pretend you're not for five minutes.

Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.