The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.

Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.

You've said nothing, of course, and I ask nothing," he was saying; "but you know that friendship's not what I want: that there's only one happiness in life for me, that word that you dislike so...yes, love!

To get rid of an enemy one must love him.

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

We love people not so much for the good they've done us, as for the good we've done them.

Progress consists only in the greater clarification of answers to the basic questions of life.