Whatever you hold in contempt is your jailer.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.
The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.
I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.