Gutenberg's invention of printing is the greatest event-the mother of revolution

The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears.

Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?

The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.

I refuse the oration of all churches. I ask a prayer of all souls. I believe in God.