Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.

Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.

A great man need not be virtuous, nor his opinions right, but he must have a firm mind, a distinctive luminous character.

Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts.