A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.

A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.