After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.

I have no friends, I only have accomplices now. On the other hand, my accomplices are more numerous than my friends: they are the human race.

Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders.

Even when one sits in the prisoner's dock, it is interesting to hear talk about oneself.

Gilbert Jonas, painter, believed in his star.... His own faith was not, however, without its virtues because it consisted in admitting, in some obscure way, that he would obtain many things without deserving them.

To grow old is to pass from passion to compassion.

Obstinacy alone is not a virtue.