In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful.
The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.
Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.