A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?

Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?

All men and women have passions, natural desires and noble ambitions, and also a conscience; they have sex, hunger, fear, anger, and are subject to sickness, pain, suffering and death. Culture consists of bringing about the expression of these passions and desires in harmony.

He who is afraid to use an "I" in his writing will never make a good writer.

It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight.