Kill one man, and you are murderer.

We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls.

It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.