I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
Libya has had to put up with too much from the Arabs for whom it has poured forth both blood and money.

