Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

You may not be the smartest, or the fastest, or the most talented. But you CAN work the hardest.

There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.

I would rather undergo a vasectomy via Weed Whacker than attend an opera.

I came here because the city has a tradition and is a very respected food city.

Bureaucracy is more people doing less things, and taking more time to do them worse.

A well known Los Angeles newspaper referred to a small group of gentlemen who live up on a mountain and practice Zen as 'the Zen cult'. The cult phenomenon is definitely journalistically 'in'.

Some men by unalterable frame of their constitution are stout, others timorous, some confident, others modest and tractable.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

Anyone can attract a man. The trick is to keep him.

I think Jews tend to hold me in fairly high regard.