Above all, we must abolish hope in the heart of man. A calm despair, without angry convulsions, without reproaches to Heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power Are diverse.

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class.

It may be that these loan arrangements conform to the letter of the law, but they do not conform to the spirit of the law and to the principle of transparency on which it is based.