And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie.

Dying people often become childish.

Murder begins where self-defense ends.

Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.

Only one thing abides: an infinite beauty that passes from form to form, eternally changed and revealed afresh.

The weapon of the Republic is terror, and virtue is its strength.