I know of no more beautiful prayer than that which the Hindus of old used in closing: May all that have life be delivered from suffering.

That human life must be some kind of mistake is sufficiently proved by the simple observation that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy; that their satisfaction achieves nothing but a painless condition in which he is only given over to boredom . . .

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible.

A major difficulty in translation is that a word in one language seldom has a precise equivalent in another one.

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company.

To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.