It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not to know anything about it.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.