Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenue.