Lying is a thriving vocation.

Look-ye, 'tis my Opinion, ev'ry Man cheats in his Way. And he is only honest, who is not discover'd.

Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of.

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking.

A Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it.

All policies allowed in war and love.

Want is the mistress of invention

And lash the vice and follies of the age.

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd.

Tis the defect of age to rail at the pleasures of youth.

I always lov'd Precaution, and took care to avoid Dangers. But when a thing was past, I ever had Philosophy to be easie.

The best time to make friends is before you need them.

Whatever their failings as a class may be, and however likely to lose their immortal souls, lawyers do not generally lose papers.

Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.

I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply?

courage is the gift of character

Although we often hear that data speak for themselves, their voices can be soft and sly

His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)

Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

Doing anything in Japan as a sort of architecture - related project is just fantastic because they do everything so perfectly and so quickly. It's unlike anywhere else in the world.