The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.
The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.
The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me
There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride more than the passions, and gave to the intellect a quickened sense of joy, greater than any joy they brought, or could ever bring, to the senses.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.