There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony.

Convention, so often a mask for injustice.

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.

The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.