I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know how to play; but I refuse to swallow your disrespect.

It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.

Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace without love.

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire.

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.