Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)
Every body drags its shadow, and every mind its doubt.
He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs.
That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity.