It is easier to make war than to make peace.
All the great pleasures of life are silent.
The best time of love, is when one goes up the stairs.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.