"One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged."

"Be entirely tolerant or not at all; follow the good path or the evil one. To stand at the crossroads requires more strength than you possess."

"Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid."

"Dieu me pardonnera. C'est son metier. (God will forgive me. It's his job.)"

"The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin."

"Sleep is lovely, death is better still, not to have been born is of course the miracle."

"Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards."

"When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."

"Awards are merely the badges of mediocrity."

"It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do."

"Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth."

"If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one."