What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.
Something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope
Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.
He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.