Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me.

A real fox calls sour not only those grapes that he cannot reach but also those that he has reached and taken away from others.

Man is the cruelest animal. At tragedies, bullfights, and crucifixions he has so far felt best on earth; and when he invented hell for himself, behold, that was his very heaven.

In the world of high finance the shilling of the idle rich man can buy more than that of the poor, industrious man.

Only he who is man enough will release the woman in woman.

Whoever deliberately attempts to insure confidentiality with another person is usually in doubt as to whether he inspires that person's confidence in him. One who is sure that he inspires confidence attaches little importance to confidentiality.

To our strongest impulse, to the tyrant in us, not only our reason but also our conscience yields.