"To be an ideal guest, stay at home."

"A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice."

"When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have."

"Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them."

"It is a profound truth that great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of roles, even that of disinterestedness."

"It is a humble truth that life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page."

"It is a quiet truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."