Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool of silence.

The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

The news and the truth are not the same thing.

Men fall into a routine when they are tired and slack: it has all the appearance of activity with few of its burdens.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.