It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.
To the question, What shall we do to be saved in this World? there is no other answer but this, Look to your Moat.
If politicians would think more they would act less.
The lower sort of men must be indulged the consolation of finding fault with those above them; without that, they would be so melancholy that it would be dangerous, considering their numbers.
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
The sense of ultimate truth is the intellectual counterpart of the esthetic sense of perfect beauty, or the moral sense of perfect good.
I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books.
The sociopath wants the person to be easily enough fooled to stick with him. This can be accomplished by looking for someone who is very, very loyal. Most of us consider loyalty to be a very positive trait - and it is a positive trait. But it also blinds people to some of the traits of the person they're loyal to.
I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.
The two sexes mutually corrupt and improve each other.