Never try to outstubborn a cat.

Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.

The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.

When one teaches, two learn.

...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.