Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The property of power is to protect.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.