The art of making much show with little substance.

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.

Finesse is the best adaptation of means to circumstances.

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.

Cover the earth, before it covers you.

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.

And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go on.

Happy man, happy dole.

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted.

The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast.

If it is raining out, do not walk fast, because it is raining everywhere.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today