Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.