Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.

Sexual passion is the cause of war and the end of peace, the basis of what is serious... and consequently the concentration of all desire

A writer should never be brief at the expense of being clear.

History is the long, difficult and confused dream of Mankind.

Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man IS contributes more to his happiness than what he HAS.

How is it possible that suffering that is neither my own nor of my concern should immediately affect me as though it were my own, and with such force that is moves me to action?

The world is my representation