I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
My friend is one... who take me for what I am.
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.