If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!

The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

To know, to think, to dream. That is everything.

Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.

Curiosity is one of the forms of feminine bravery.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Knowledge is a weight added to conscience.

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.

Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a horrible hopefulness.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.