Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.