The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.

The new American, like the new European, was the servant of the powerhouse, as the European of the twelfth century was the servant of the Church.

In correct theology, the Virgin ought not to be represented in bed, for she could not suffer like ordinary women, but her palace at Chartres is not much troubled by theology, and to her, as empress-mother, the pain of child-birth was a pleasure which she wanted her people to share.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

The capacity of women to make unsuitable marriages must be considered as the cornerstone of society.