There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

To have lived long does not necessarily imply the gathering of much wisdom and experience. One who has pedaled twenty-five thousand miles on a stationary bicycle has not circled the globe. He or she has only garnered weariness.

Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.

It is not true that men prefer foolish women. Rather they prefer women who can simulate foolishness whenever necessary, which is the very core of intelligence.

Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.

Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird.