The military superiority of Europe to Asia is not an eternal law of nature, as we are tempted to think, and our superiority in civilization is a mere delusion.
The sentiments of an adult are compounded of a kernel of instinct surrounded by a vast husk of education.
Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.
I did not know I loved you until I heard myself telling so, for one instance I thought, "Good God, what have I said?" and then I knew it was true.