Bravery is a cheap and vulgar quality of which the brightest instances are frequently found in the lowest savages.

There is but one good throw upon the dice which is to throw them away.

Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

Adversity removes the friends prosperity has harvested.

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.

It's hard to understand how you arrive at a design. It's far too complicated to get any overall picture of.

Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people.

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.

Days I kept busy with fractured angels' client masquerades.

The best comedy is always played straight down the middle.