Who learns most from a good book is the author.

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.

An ignorance of Marx is as frequent among Marxists as an ignorance of Christ is among Catholics.

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

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

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.