money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

Everything you do in war is a crime in peace

Civilization is a fiction which becomes a fact only as long as everyone can believe in it. It is the cynic, rather than the rebel, who pulls down the whole flimsy structure periodically throughout history.

money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

... law is a substitute for love.

Diamonds are the tears of the poor.