Love may turn to indifference with possession.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Freedom To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.

Landscape painting is the obvious resource of misanthropy.

Zeal will do more than knowledge.

Actors are the only honest hypocrites.

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects and discovering other people's weaknesses.

Principle is a passion for truth.

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

The way to secure success is to be more anxious about obtaining than about deserving it.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.