There was only one virtue, pugnacity; only one vice, pacifism. That is an essential condition of war.

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.

We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.

No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

Money enables us to get what we want instead of what other people think we want.

I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.