There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.
We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.