Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.
Fear comes with middle age.
You lose your manners when you're poor.
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
I am suspicious of guilt in myself and in other people; it is usually a way of not thinking, or of announcing one's own fine sensibilities the better to be rid of them fast.
It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.