In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything.

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.

Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances.

The tragedy of life is what dies in the hearts and souls of people while they live.

Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.