“War and fights, like courtship and kisses, are seldom interesting except to the actors and their connexions”

“Those who start wars never fight them, and those who fight wars never like them.”

“To fight a war, you must believe it can accomplish something. We fight this one to save John’s kingdom, or perhaps even to save all of mankind…but isn’t that what we always think? That all wars are useless—except the one we’re fighting now?”

“Men who live like Casanova are seldom interested in themselves; their egocentricity does not give them time for egotism.”

“Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them.”

“Eudoxus was perhaps the greatest of all Archimedes's predecessors, and it is his achievements, especially the discovery of the method of exhaustion, which interest us in connexion with Archimedes.”

“When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.”

“War seldom enters but where wealth allures.”

“We've finally given liberals a war against fundamentalism, and they don't want to fight it. They would, except it would put them on the same side as the United States.”

“I might like to be an actor, but there are loads of other things I'm interested in as well, like music and writing and sports. I want to keep my options open.”