The strides of humanity are slow, they can only be counted in centuries.

Peace to the shacks! War on the palaces!

Revolution is like Saturn, it devours its own children.

I'll know how to die with courage; that is easier than living.

Murder begins where self-defense ends.

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined.

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.