The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.
Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.
The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get Renaissance on his gonads.
Cloud walking. I like that. And yeah, that's exactly how you make me feel. Like my feet will never touch the ground.
The Orientals have another word for accident; it is "kismet,"--fate.
The final words of a domestic bully: If you leave me now furious angels will descend upon you and bring you back to me.