Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.

Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.