“I would rather be a devil in alliance with truth, than an angel in alliance with falsehood.”
“I find, that, in general, alliances based on friendship are the only things that last. Not alliances based on words and letters.”
“In order to forge alliances, we first need worthy adversaries. Without adversaries, no alliances are necessary.”
“to marry into a cloakroom, and form an alliance with a parcel”
“What better allies are there than those organized around their own needs and demands, a functional and not merely charitable alliance?”
“The tongueless torturer and the flower of chivalry. An unlikely alliance.”