A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.