"To a quick question, give a slow answer."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"The best armor is to keep out of range."

"Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box."

"Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another."

"A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have."

"Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness."

"As the networks evolve, so do my opinions toward them, and my divergent feelings bring out conflicting points of view. In advance, I apologize to those who expect a consistent position from me."

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead- not sick, not wounded - dead."

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing."

"Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies."

"Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits."