The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism.

The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal.

To learn English you must begin by thrusting the jaw forward, almost clenching the teeth, and practically immbilizing the lips. In this way the English produce the series of unpleasant little mews of which their language consists.

Hating someone is feeling irritation by their mere existence.

To wonder is to begin to understand.

Romantic poses aside, let us recognize that "falling in love"...is an inferior state of mind, a form of transitory imbecility.

Every life is, more or less, a ruin among whose debris we have to discover what the person ought to have been.