A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

When the English have scored a goal, they think nothing more remains to be done.

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.