History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it.