Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Honor the old but allow for innovation.

To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act.

The Earth is a living, breathing entity. Without ongoing care and nurturing, there will be consequences too big to ignore.

Secret of my success was to have ambition and know minds of men.

The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.

I can do anything you want me to do so long as I dont have to speak

A pedestal is the most insidious prison ever devised.

My last meal on Earth, I would love it to be a bowl of blueberries with cold cream.

Being business minded requires you to always approach things with humility and respect.

To follow the drops sliding from a lifting oar, Head up, while the rower breathes, and the small boat drifts quietly shoreward.