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.

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

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.

Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes.

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it.

It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.