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

"Experience is a good school, but the fees are high."

"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.)"

"He only profits from praise who values criticism."

"Power in defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression."

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

"The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another--no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."

"Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money."

"Virtue is its own punishment."

"...the fog is rising."