Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind, it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense once hate is gone they will be forced to deal with pain.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream, it may be so the moment after death.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

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