The sense of doing good , the satisfaction of being right, the joy of looking favorably upon oneself, dear sir, are powerful levers for keeping us upright and making us progress. On the other hand, if men are deprived of that feeling, they are changed into rabid dogs.

... habit starts at the second crime. At the first one, something is ending.

Obstinacy alone is not a virtue.

The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx.

In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone.

Rebellion cannot exist without a strange form of love.

Life should be lived to the point of tears