My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don't give them anything else.

Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

I am not blaming the past. ... But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.