Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination is probably not as smart as he ought to be.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.

Books are the carriers of civilization... Books are humanity in print.

Theology being the work of males, original sin was traced to the female.

To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

Nothing sickens me more than the closed door of a library.