Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.
The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.
When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"
God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.
The universe was born restless and has never since been still.
If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.