Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.

I've never been on good terms with God, but now I'm becoming His intimate, for He is truly absolute and extremely legitimate.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

The spirit of poetry combines the profundity of the philosopher and the child's delight in bright pictures.

In the long run, only woman remains true to mankind's foremost mission. Whatever she achieves, she achieves through herself, and alone. Man's master is the--public.

I would love to be able to write a tragedy in my imagination--it would turn into a masterpiece.