There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.

History is written by the victors.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.