Plato was right, but not quite right.

The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem".

Tolerance is the virtue of those who don't believe anything.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals.

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.