Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and their gloomy weight; which illuminates the reality of things suddenly with the flush of truth.

Woman is the Sunday of man: not his repose only, but his joy; the salt of his life.

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.

At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world.

Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and their gloomy weight; which illuminates the reality of things suddenly with the flush of truth.

He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.