Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.

There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

All men are equal — all men, that is to say, who possess umbrellas.