“I have never been a celibate. If people believe so, that is their foolishness.”

“It would be so foolish of you to form a team that has many people who doubt, rather than having true believers in your cause.”

“But them I'm not so foolish to believe.”

“Never before, I suspect, have so many people been so rich to so little purpose.”

“Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history off the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.”

“Only boys were so foolish that they actually believed their arguments were their reasons.”

“It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.”

“Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishness—there was always folks stupid enough to say, “Where there’s smoke there’s fire,” when the saying should have been, “Where there’s scandalous lies there’s always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.”

“I was foolish because I believed in you. You are a fool because you believe in yourself!”

“I intend to play it low-key throughout. The decision is purely a marginal one. I have always said so. I have never been a fanatic for Europe. I believe the judgment is a finely balanced one.”