No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.

I believe in my neighbors. I know their faults and I know that their virtues far outweigh their faults.

Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is - so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group.

Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

And suddenly I knew I was people and could not stop laughing.