The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.

An aristocratic culture does not advertise its emotions. In its forms of expression it is sober and reserved. Its general attitude is stoic.

A superstition which pretends to be scientific creates a much greater confusion of thought than one which contents itself with simple popular practices.

William James once said: "Progress is a terrible thing." It is more than that: it is also a highly ambiguous notion. For who knowsbut that a little further on the way a bridge may not have collapsed or a crevice split the earth?

You only live a short time... and you are dead a long time.

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.