“No sane man will dance.”

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

“In times of war, the law falls silent.”

“Politicians are not born; they are excreted.”

“It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.”

“Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.”