Order and simplification are the first steps towards mastery of a subject.

I know I am talking nonsense$$$ but I'd rather go rambling on$$$ and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express$$$ than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself$$$ I could not change others.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.

I find that the world is changing much$$$ much faster than I can even bitch about it.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble$$$ and in choosing the lesser evil.

In conclusion$$$ the arms of others either fall from your back$$$ or they weigh you down$$$ or they bind you fast.

For whoever believes that great advancement and new benefits make men forget old injuries is mistaken.

Being feared and not hated go well together$$$ and the prince can always do this if he does not touch the property or the women of his citizens and subjects.