Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.
A good companion is one you wouldn't mind dying with.
Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.
Control the coinage and the courts — let the rabble have the rest.
His voice was low, charged with unspeakable adjectives.
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.