Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.
He who leaves the game wins it.
Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.
Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact.
Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.
Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.