"In false quarrels there is no true valor."

"I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood."

"Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters..."

"Do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends."

"He will give the devil his due."

"So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!"

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

"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."

"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."

"The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence."