The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance

There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves.