“Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intric...” — William Wycherley Quote

“Bluster, sputter, question, cavil; but be sure your argument be intricate enough to confound the court.”

“Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.”

“I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.”

“When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.”

“Politicians are expected to spend half their time talking to funders and to keep them happy. Given this context, it's not hard to see how a bribery charge can feel like a technical argument instead of a moral one.”

“The argument about zoning and the presidency of Nigeria is like the philosophical argument of the egg or the hen. Who is older through the evolutionary process, who came first?”