That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

Heartbreak is life educating us.

If you say that God is good, great, blessed, wise or any such thing, the starting point is this : God is.