It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
It is important what a man still plans at the end. It shows the measure of injustice in his death.
People's fates are simplified by their names.
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.
...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?