Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.

Someone who does not write books, who thinks a lot, and who lives in unsatisfying society will usually be a good letter- writer.

Too long, the earth has been a madhouse!

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

How do you expect to learn to dance when you have not even learned to walk! And above the dancer is still the flyer and his bliss.

Whoever is related to me in the height of his aspirations will experience veritable ecstasies of learning; for I come from heights that no bird ever reached in its flight, I know abysses into which no foot ever strayed.

What is the strongest cure?--Victory.