Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering--a hell of boredom.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words.

One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.

The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.