"Lying is the greatest of all sins."

"Worry is the stomach's worst poison."

"The best excuse for the fallen ones is that Madame Justice herself is one of them."

"Self-respect without the respect of others is like a jewel which will not stand the daylight."

"Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

"Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age."

"My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant…"

"A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion."

"I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like…"