There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

During war we imprison the rights of man.

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.

All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and expose them to the light of the sun.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

Everyone always dies for his country. If you have lived in it, well and wisely and actively, you die for it too.