“So I knew then that she loved me; and I therefore loved her. I have always known that I will inevitably fall in love with any woman who loves me.”

“But what about the secret I bear?" I asked."Tell it to the world," he advised. And that is what I am doing.”

“Conquerors, my son, consider as true history only what they have themselves fabricated.”

“All the same I keep on looking for someone incomprehensible who won't understand me either, because I have a terrible thirst for brotherhood”

“Show me how you drink and I will tell you who you are.”

“Wine, today as yesterday and tomorrow, continues to symbolize dual communion: on the one hand with nature and the soil, through the mystery of plant growth and the miracle of fermentation, and on the other with man, who wanted wine and was able to make it by means of knowledge, hard work, patience, care and love; for nothing worthwhile is achieved without love.”

“Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.'I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.”