The harshest winter finds an invincible summer in us.

I like these people swarming on the sidewalks, wedged into a little space of houses and canals, hemmed in by fogs, cold lands, and the sea streaming like a wet wash. I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn't want, after all.

The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding.

To create is likewise to give a shape to one's fate

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.