The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.
A friend in power is a friend lost.
Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.
Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.
Morality is a private and costly luxury.
Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.