The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.

Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.

Romance is the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure.

Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?

People in high life are hardened to the wants and distresses of mankind as surgeons are to their bodily pains.

If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him; but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.