Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.
Saintliness is also a temptation.
Our entire life, with our fine moral code and our precious freedom, consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.
Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.
I don't want people to love me. It makes for obligations.