I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside.

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

The future ain't what it used to be.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

Effective action is always unjust.

Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who do not.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.