In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim is not beauty but goodness.

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.