I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.
During war we imprison the rights of man.
Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.
All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.
To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.
There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.
I do not want to carry any public position.
We live so little time in this world that it is no matter how wretched and miserable we are, if it prepares us for heaven.
Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.
Although human life is priceless, we always act as if something had an even greater price than life. . . but what is that something?