At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.
Words should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought.
When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.