VIRTUES, n.pl. Certain abstentions.
Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is, instead of as it should be.
You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.
CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do "me"?
Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.