Immorality, I know. Immortality, I cannot judge.
An opinion can be argued with; a conviction is best shot. The logical end of a war of creeds is the final destruction of one, and Salammbo is the classical text-book instance.
To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.
Cling tight to your sense of humour. You will need it every day.
Dream your dreams with open eyes and make them come true.
I had dropped one form and not taken on the other, and was become like Mohammed's coffin in our legend, with a resultant feeling of intense loneliness in life, and a contempt, not for other men, but for all they do.