The most genuine and efficacious charity is that which greases the paws of the priests; such charity covers a multitude of sins.
I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.
Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up.
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.