When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes

Those who live are those who fight

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you in his image, I reply that he must have been very ugly

There are people who observe the rules of honor as we observe the stars from a distance

What is history? An echo of the past in the future a reflex from the future on the past

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness. The supreme happiness in life is the assurance of being loved; of being loved for oneself, ev

Habit is the nursery of errors

There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their numbers than the greatness of a man is by his height