The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.

Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.

The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.

Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.

It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.

Not everyone can be an orphan.