Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.

God created men to test the souls of women.

Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.

Budget the luxuries first.

Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.

I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.