If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Ambition and suspicion always go together.
A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest events are not produced, they happen.