"Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it." — Jean-Paul Sartre

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop thinking. I exist because I think I cannot keep from thinking.

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.