In love, such a word, whispered, is a mysterious kiss of the soul to the soul.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
One cannot be a good historian of the outward, visible world without giving some thought to the hidden, private life of ordinary people; and on the other hand one cannot be a good historian of this inner life without taking into account outward events where these are relevant.
What is the cat?" he exclaimed. "It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, 'I've made a blunder.' And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation.