I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.

The man who has entered into a beautiful union is sure of at least one person to whom he can give the best that he possesses.

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

There is no French town in which the wounds inflicted on the battle-field are not bleeding.

To drink is a small matter. To be thirsty is everything.

You conquered the landscape with the soles of shoes, not the tires.

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.