A bookshop is powder-magazine, a dynamite-shed, a drugstore of poisons, a bar of intoxicants, a den of opiates, an island of sirens.

Let none count themselves wise who have not with the nerves of their imagination felt the pain of the vivisected.

Love is always in the mood of believing in miracles.

To a real child anything will serve as a toy.

The more money you give to people the better; and the less advice.

Having once aroused in our mind enough faith in our own will-power to create a universe of contemplation and forget everything else, there are few limitations to the happiness we may enjoy.

Ambition is the grand enemy of all peace.