One can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age.

Man is and remains an animal. Here a beast of prey$$$ there a housepet$$$ but always an animal.

You can own an elephant or a bank or power thereof but if there's no personal breast bliss all you own is a lot of dead atoms and ideas.

There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear$$$ while the hero rides it like a wild stallion.

War is not the answer$$$ because only love can conquer hate.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.