An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.

There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.

Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.

Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

Never speak ill of yourself, your friends will always say enough on that subject.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

God gave humans language so they could conceal their thoughts from one another.