Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay.
A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.
A woman is a creature who has discovered her own nature.
Water is the one substance from which the earth can conceal nothing; it sucks out its innermost secrets and brings them to our very lips.
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.
In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.