Who would prefer peace to the glory of hunger and thirst, of wading through mud, and dying in the service of one's country?

I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.

Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.

I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.

The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once‚ at least‚ the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.

You're an Attorney. It's your duty to lie, conceal, and distort everything, and slander everybody.