The test of a man isn't what you think he'll do. It's what he actually does.

A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

That which can be asserted without evidence$$$ can be dismissed without evidence.

Of habit$$$ the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks$$$ but in how it thinks.

I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be.

Nobody ever lives their life all the way up$$$ except bullfighters.

I'm with you. No matter what else you have in your head$$$ I'm with you and I love you.

Death is like an old whore in a bar — I'll buy her a drink but I won't go upstairs with her.

Wine is a grand thing. It makes you forget all the bad.