A man is never more his single separate self than when he sets out on a journey.

A man is never more his single separate self than when he sets out on a journey.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One read more

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.

...passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.

...passionate intensity may serve as a substitute for confidence.

We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.

We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

When the Greeks said, "Whom the gods love die young," they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored read more

When the Greeks said, "Whom the gods love die young," they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man read more

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.