"The only thing sadder than a battle won is a battle lost."

"A great philosophy is not one that passes final judgments and establishes ultimate truth. It is one that causes uneasiness and starts commotion."

"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."

"You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost."

"Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them."

"Life is short; live it up."

"Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent."

"We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road."

"If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country."

"What we do is less than a drop in the ocean. But if it were missing, the ocean would lack something."

"'Oh,' replied his patient, with no malice aforethought, 'he told me to come and see you.'"

"The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest of human creature that walks."