Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbor.