No work of art is ever completed, it is only abandoned.

Politeness is organized indifference.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

It would be impossible to "love" anyone or anything one knew completely. Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object.

The mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no idea how to go.

A limited vocabulary, but one with which you can make numerous combinations, is better than thirty thousand words that only hamper the action of the mind.

History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything.