Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don't make it of wood, you must make it of words.

Apologizing - a very desperate habit - one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.

While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.