Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.
Man is free the moment he wants to be.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.