He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.