...there must be something she wanted; and that therefore she was no lady.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

I came

Nemo intrat in caelum nisi per philosophiam

Religions differ only in the form

Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!

Never teach your child to be cunning or you may be certain you will be one of the very first victims of his shrewdness.

Political work is the life-blood of all economic work.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

Human life is the result of a glorious evolutionary accident.

Content dictates form and style.

I can see his pride Peep through each part of him.