To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.

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

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

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

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.