A woman will sometimes forgive the man who tries to seduce her, but never the man who misses an opportunity when offered.

Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not.

A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.

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

A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.

What I have been taught, I have forgotten; what I know, I have guessed.

Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.