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

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

Properly speaking, of course, there is no such thing as a return to nature, because there is no such thing as a departure from it. The phrase reminds one of the slightly intoxicated gentleman who gets up in his own dining room and declares firmly that he must be getting home.

Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.

It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.