You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket.

We couldn't understand because we were too far... and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, those ages that had gone, leaving hardly a sign... and no memories.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

Things and men have always a certain sense, a certain side by which they must be got hold of if one wants to obtain a solid grasp and a perfect command.