The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others.

Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.

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

Means at our disposal should be regarded as a bulwark against the many evils and misfortunes that can occur. We should not regard such wealth as a permission or even an obligation to procure for ourselves the pleasures of the world.

The beard, being a half-mask, should be forbidden by the police - It is, moreover, as a sexual symbol in the middle of the face, obscene: that is why it pleases women.

He who can see truly in the midst of general infatuation is like a man whose watch keeps good time, when all clocks in the town in which he lives are wrong. He alone knows the right time; what use is that to him?

Every nation criticizes every other one - and they are all correct.