I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

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

I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward.

Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt. By living every golden minute as if one had all Eternity.