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.

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

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.

There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

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.