I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

God tests, but he does not tempt.

Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.

A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests.

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains.