[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

To plunder, to lie, to show your arse, are three essentials for climbing high.

Open your mind before your mouth