Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Morality is truth in full bloom.

A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.

If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.