A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

You keep right on building that fence, Faye. See what good it does you.

Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception.

How many pages will it take to tell your story?

It takes courage to become exceptional

Conscience is a treacherous thing and mine behaves badly whenever there is a serious danger of being found out.

I took a day to search for God And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge through woods untamed Just where one scarlet lily flamed I saw His foot print in the sod.

The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will.

This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite useful to this end.

I like to have a hero a little underpowered. I mean, Spiderman is far cooler than Superman. How do you challenge Superman?

It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.