Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts.

He is every other inch a gentleman.

the bad is more easily perceived than the good. A fresh lobster does not give such pleasure to the consumer as a stale one will give him pain.

History sometimes acts as madly as heredity, and her most unpredictable performances are often her most glorious.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge.

If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished.