They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

The terrorist and the policeman both come from the same basket. Revolution, legality--counter-moves in the same game; forms of idleness at bottom identical.

All creative art is magic, is evocation of the unseen in forms persuasive, enlightening, familiar and surprising.

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.

Happiness, happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.