Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.
The unforgivable sin is the refusal to pardon.
He thinks he believes only what he sees, but he is much better at believing than at seeing.
To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
I have no axe to grind; only my thoughts to burnish.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.