He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

The very madness of the scheme protects it.

A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.

Probably no adult misery can be compared with a child's despair.

Only love has clear vision. Hatred has cloudy vision. When we hate we know not what we do.

Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing.