The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time

Don't confuse meaning with truth.

Peace is an armistice in a war that is continuously going on.

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept.