cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.

I always feel sorry for people who think more about a rainy day ahead than sunshine today.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.

There's no disillusionment like learning that forbidden fruit can be unpleasant.

Hatred is one of the poisons; like jaundice, it alters the true colors of things.