The arts which need interpretation are the arts of time – music and poetry – and not the arts of space – sculpture and painting.

Considering how bad men are, it is wonderful how well they behave.

A general must be shot or befriended – but never hurt.

Your conscience is no defense against you sins; however, it can unfortunately deny you the pleasure of enjoying them.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.

He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

The Anglo-Saxon conscience does not prevent the Anglo-Saxon from sinning, it merely prevents him from enjoying his sin.

Inequality is the inevitable consequence of liberty.

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.