Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good.
War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.
The rich man despises those who flatter him too much, and hates those who do not flatter him at all.
Beauty, devoid of grace, is a mere hook without the bait.
A clever woman often compromises her husband; a stupid woman only compromises herself.
Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.