Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education, or of government, by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

A wise man should not reveal his loss of wealth, the vexation of his mind, the misconduct of his own wife, base words spoken by others, and disgrace that has befallen him.

Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory, children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love, than one who inspires fear.

Beauty is the gift of God.

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