What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.
Dictators can always consolidate their tyranny by an appeal to patriotism.
... one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.
I have always found that Angels have the vanity to speak of themselves as the only wise.
Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers.
Champagne had the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife.