Honor is like a match, you can only use it once.

It's better to choose the culprits than to seek them out.

A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper.

I was terrified that the wild boar might be attacking my father, and so I prayed to God -- if he existed -- to protect him and to direct the boar against my uncle instead, who believed in heaven, and therefore was more willing to die.

Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

One has to look out for engineers -- they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb.