He struggled with himself, too. I saw it -- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.

A man's most open actions have a secret side to them.

To be a great autocrat you must be a great barbarian.

It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune-the ally of patient Time-that holds an even and scrupulous balance.

There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it.

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.