The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
Style is the hallmark of temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity -- romantic love and gunpowder.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.