One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.

Human nature is, by definition, a talkative one, imprudent, indiscreet, gossipy, incapable of closing its mouth and keeping it closed.

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.

doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time

Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us.

...this is the way fate usually treats us, it's right there behind us, it has already reached out a hand to touch us on the shoulder while we're still muttering to ourselves, It's all over, that's it, who cares anyhow.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?