“Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.”

“I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.”

“The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.”

“You are too full of your own hopes to hold anyone else's.”