You see, I'm fond of teasing, it's a second nature with me—and I'm used to teasing myself. Plaguing myself, if you prefer; I don't tease nicely.

We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an act.

To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.

Man is nothing else but what he makes of himself. [It is a matter of choice, not chance.] Such is the first principle of existentialism.

Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough.

Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.