Without humility there can be no humanity.

Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.

There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn.