When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess.