I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love.

It is a maudlin and indecent verity that comes out through the strength of wine.