There Is Nothing Like Despair To Make

You Can Make An Audience See Nearly Anything, If You Yourself Believe In It.

We Persians Have A Saying That One Should Deliberate Serious Matters First Drunk, Then Sober.

It Is Bitter To Lose A Friend To Evil Before One Loses Him To Death.

Power Is The Test. Some, Once They Have It, Are Content To Buy The Show Of Liking, And Punish Those Who Withhold It; Then You Have A Despot. But Some Keep A True Eye For How They Seem To Others, And Care About It, Which Holds Them Back From Much Mischief.

Clouds Of Black Birds Rose Up Wailing And Screaming, Like The Thoughts Of My Heart.