"Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."

"Is everybody in? Is everybody in? Is everybody in? The ceremony is about to begin."

"Courage is a special kind of knowledge; the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared."

"It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much."

"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

"If one has not given everything, one has given nothing."

"As if there were safety in stupidity alone."

"A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."

"The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience."