Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

Words are loaded pistols

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous.

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.

I think I'm more demanding than any wife.

I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.