“One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely …” — Jean de la Bruyere

Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.