The unfed mind devours itself. - Gore Vidal

The folly of the clever is always more than that of the dull.

As one gets older, litigation replaces sex.

In fact, the French - who read and theorise the most - became so addicted to political experiment that in the two centuries since our own rather drab revolution they have exuberantly produced one Directory, one Consulate, two empires, three restorations of the monarchy, and five republics. That's what happens when you take writing too seriously.