To be a champion you must live like one.

The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone's head.

Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.

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

Vegetarians claim to be immune from most diseases but they have been known to die from time to time.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.