In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

The Institutional Church (ecclesia) has killed only two kinds of people: Those who do not believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, and those who do.

The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.

In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.