Triumph cannot help being cruel.

If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it.

The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal.

The type of human being we prefer reveals the contours of our heart.

The common man, finding himself in a world so excellent, technically and socially, believes it has been produced by nature, and never thinks of the personal efforts of highly endowed individuals which the creation of this new world presupposed. Still less will he admit the notion that all these facilities still require the support of certain difficult human virtues, the least failure of which would cause the rapid disappearance of the whole magnificent edifice.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.

The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.