Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.