Man, in spite of his tendency towards mendacity, has a great respect for what he calls the truth. Truth is his staff in his voyage through life; commonplaces are the bread in his bag and the wine in his jug.

God is not all that exists. God is all that does not exist.

It is well-nigh obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinities with murderers than those who oppose it.

To write well, to have style ... is to paint. The master faculty of style is therefore the visual memory. If a writer does not see what he describes-countrysides and figures, movements and gestures-how could he have a style, that is originality?

Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.

Most men who rail against women are railing at one woman only.

Two elements are needed to form a truth - a fact and an abstraction