It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

Our final experience, like our first, is conjectural. We move between two darkness's.

Solidity, caution, integrity, efficiency. Lack of imagination, hypocrisy. These qualities characterize the middle classes in everycountry, but in England they are national characteristics.

Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.

It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror--on thethings that I might have avoided.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

No one is more triumphant than the man who chooses a worthy subject and masters all its facts.