A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it experiences. Through memory and knowledge it becomes a microcosm, carrying the world within itself. A mirror of things, a mirror of facts. Each human being becomes a little universe within the universe!

The only certainty is death.

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments.

The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.

A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.

One sometimes weeps over one's illusions with as much bitterness as over a death.

Military men are the scourges of the world.