Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man to service, and ennobles great and small alike.

Upon us lies the responsibility neither to neglect things because they are old nor to reject them because they are new.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.

The secret of being tiresome is in telling everything.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.

A book is always an emergence above everyday life. A book is expressed life and thus is an addition to life.

Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.

I just found out last week - my sister told me - that my father had some Beatles records. So I must have heard them quite a bit, but it never registered, really. Now I listen to them with new ears.

Always thank your nurse. Sometimes they're the only one between you and a hearse.