Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see.

Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper.

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.