One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the decency to betray my country.

His light blue eyes behind his spectacles were like those of a baby who remembers his previous incarnation and is more amused than dismayed to find himself reb…

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.