You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.

Sometimes in conversation the sound of our own voice distracts us and misleads us into making assertions that in no way express our true opinions.

No honey is sweeter than that of knowledge.

The woman and the genius do not work. Up to now, woman has been mankind's supreme luxury. In all those moments when we do our best, we do not work. Work is merely a means to these moments.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the heights; as something more delicate, more fragile, more savage, stranger, sweeter, soulful--but as something which has to be caged up so that it shall not fly away.