There are two kinds of imperialists - imperialists and bloody imperialists.

I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise.

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.

The childhood of the individual and the race is full of fears, and panic-stricken attempts to avert what is feared by placating the gods with painful sacrifices.

It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.

Time spent in a casino is time given to death, a foretaste of the hour when one's flesh will be diverted to the purposes of the worm and not of the will.