Everything is politics.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Speech is civilization itself.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

Stupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.

No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.