one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable.

Nihilists expend everything and everyone except themselves. They are the indispensable men, without whom the world might try to live almost happily.

Civilization is a perishable commodity.

The mind is more vulnerable than the stomach, because it can be poisoned without feeling immediate pain.

one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable.

Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?

Men who use terrorism as a means to power, rule by terror once they are in power.