Each sudden gust of light explains itself as flames, but neither they, nor even bombs redoubled on the hills tonight can quite include me in their fear.
A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware, I sit content, And if each and all be aware, I sit content.
Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.
It's amazing what you can do in this game with a heart and a brain
I don't think anybody in the world is perfect. I don't think anybody is absolutely good or bad or stupid. Each one of us combines all those qualities in our daily lives, I think.