The common good and the individual good rarely coincide.

A car's not the right place for showing off to a girl—the bed's the place for that. The consequences of a mistake there are more upsetting, but less tragic.

Fairy tales lie just as much as statistics do, but sometimes you can find a grain of truth in them.

Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud; people always step into it themselves.

If you have love in you, it's a strength. But if you are in love, it's a weakness.

When leaders betray their people and the people don't overthrow them, it's not just the leaders who should be blamed.

How easily the truth is lost, and how persistent lies are.