We do not fear being called meticulous, inclining as we do to the view that only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.

Speech is civilization itself.

Yes, they are carnal, both of them, love and death, and therein lies their terror and their great magic!

What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.

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

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

Is not life in itself a thing of goodness, irrespective of whether the course it takes for us can be called a 'happy' one?