... [I]n any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until some day inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle.

What the common man cannot understand he hates.

The rich are always afraid.

A person's heart withers if it does not answer another heart.

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.