This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Every parting gives a foretaste of death; every remeeting a foretaste of the resurrection. That is why even people who are indifferent to each other rejoice so much if they meet again after twenty or thirty years of separation.

Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.