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.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

I couldn't have felt more of lonely desolation somehow, had I been robbed of a belief or had missed my destiny in life.