"...But today it is the United States that lives in infamy, as its government adopts the foreign policies of Imperial Japan."

"No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad."

"Feeding the starving poor only increases their number."

"Only the devil wishes everyone to be his friend."

"Time is fun when you're eating flies."

"It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us."

"Monsieur l'abb??, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write."

"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."

"Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of."

"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge"

"The average man's judgement is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it."

"Those who stare at the past have their backs turned to the future."