To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
One is often guilty by being too just.
Desire increases when fulfillment is postponed.
How delicious is pleasure after torment!
He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.
He who pardons easily invites offense.
Airlines are interesting. They not only favor celebrities, they court them.
We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.
We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.
The way to praise a poet is to write a poem.
If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.
I like writing historical fiction.
As a journalist, one tends to think there's nothing off limits.
Scholars will argue with each other about everything.
