Amour is the one human activity of any importance in which laughter and pleasure preponderate, if ever so slightly, over misery and pain.

Only times and places, only names and ghosts.

Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.

The ductless glands secrete among other things our moods, our aspirations, our philosophy of life.

Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound God's goodness and mysterious ways, Till the great fish spouts music as he swims.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.