“Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.”

“If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture.”

“You will not drown the truth in seas of blood”

“One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .”

“However low he may fall, a man can never deny himself the delight of feeling cleverer, more powerful or even better fed than his companions.”

“What I'd like is to meet a man I could take off my hat to and say: "Thank you for having got born, and the longer you live the better.”

“You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.”