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

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.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.

Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.