We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, or spirit, or poetry,--a narrow belt.

Let him be great, and love shall follow him.

At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish.

The first lesson of history is that evil is good.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.

As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.