The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

Lying is the greatest of all sins.

I am a misanthrope yet utterly benevolent.

A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion.

Contentment is the only real wealth.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.