If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.

To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.

The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.

The straight line, a respectable optical illusion which ruins many a man.

A day will come when markets, open to trade, and minds, open to ideas, will become the sole battlefield.

If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.