Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50 and a fool if he doesn't afterward.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

In true education anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.

Friendship has its illusions no less than love.

Use every man after his desert, and who should 'scape whipping?

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt the believer believe.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

The question is why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing on national television that you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?

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