A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

Custom alone regulates morals.

Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.