One is always a little afraid of love, but above all, one is afraid of pain or causing pain.

America remained a land of promise for lovers of freedom. Even Byron, at a moment when he was disgusted with Napoleon for not committing suicide, wrote an eloquent stanza in praise of Washington.

It is only through imagination that men become aware of what the world might be; without it, ‘progress’ would become mechanical and trivial.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

Indemnity for the past and security for the future.

In any closet, you can find it, if it is too small, or out of style, or there is just one of it where there should be two