When the throne of God is overturned, the rebel realizes that it is now his own responsibility to create the justice, order, and unity that he sought in vain within his own condition, and in this way to justify the fall of God. Then begins the desperate effort to create, at the price of crime and murder if necessary, the dominion of man.

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

Men cry because things are not what they ought to be.

Healthy people have a natural skill of avoiding feverish eyes.

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.