Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbor to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.