"There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with 't."

"Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her."

"Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause."

"I wasted time, now time doth waste me."

"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."

"The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream."

"Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."

"No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other."

"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."

"In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth."

"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."

"He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument."