War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone.

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.

A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.