Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Well, if I am not drunk, I am mad," replied Syme with perfect calm; "but I trust I can behave like a gentleman in either condition.

It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion.

A great classic means a man whom one can praise without having read.

There are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.