Mostly, it is better to argue a point of contention than to let it pass, as, in that way, it does not get the opportunity of bothering you for the rest of your life so easily, or without being challenged for it.

To find out what happens next of any consequence, just wait a while for things to settle down.

Rejecting the proffered hand of a stranger can even be quite disconcerting to its surprised receiver.

Vanity is a strange sort of egoistical thing, especially if you haven’t got much to be vain about.

Sometimes, and for his numerous sins of omission, even good advice can be a bad joke to someone it is inflicted upon for his own good.

To fail to have used time profitably is not to have had time against you, but to have used the time you had against yourself.

In searching for a good enough reason to do something meaningful it is usually to be completely hidden from you until you find one worthwhile.

The truth can be perceived as being quite a relative thing, especially when one starts lying about it.

In effect, human life is full of inconsiderate little lies, but then the real problem is that people expect you to believe them.

You can’t keep a good man down, so you’ll just have to keep on struggling with him.

The incompetence of one’s chosen allies in no way excuses one’s own, although it can go a long way to explain it.

To fight is to know where you are going, although the final destination might be a bit of an unknown.

True loyalty is never to be confused with blind obedience, although there is no substitute for being able to recognize good taste.

To betray something or other you’ve not got to mind much, as there’s not got to be much to mind about anyway.

In being certain we can be certain only of the fact we are certain, nothing else; at least not without proof.

Without knowing what one wants to be, or become, there is no clear destination.