Passion, sexual passion, may lead to marriage, but cannot sustain marriage. The purpose of marriage is the raising of children, for which patience, not passion, is the necessary foundation.

In writing, fidelity to fact leads eventually to the poetry of truth.

Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity.

I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.

Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.

In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a patriot. A dangerous man.