The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that men never learn anything from history.

The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

All dress is fancy dress, is it not, except our natural skins?

Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.