Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport. . . It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.
I have learned more [from Balzac] than from all the professional historians, economists, and statisticians put together.
What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual profits privatizing it. There was a principle at stake. They had to ensure their friends and not outsiders got the benefit.
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.