To paraphrase Montaigne—even when you’re sitting on the highest throne in the world, you’re still sitting on your arse.

The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar.

As history has repeatedly suggested, nothing is more effective for demolishing traditional legal protections than the combined claims that a crime is uniquely dangerous, and that those behind it have exceptional powers of resistance. [On witchburning in France during the 16th Century.]

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn about anyone else

She’d read somewhere that the definition of crazy was doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.

Stupidity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.