minutes weren't given you to save but to spend. This is yours - now. Stop and live it.

Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.

gossip is just the small change of conversation.

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.

Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.