Crowds of men are like crowds of sheep. Not the best, but the first leader is usually followed.

There is a giant asleep within every man. When that giant awakes, miracles happen.

It was useless to try to corner a man who told stories. It was like trying to drink all the water in a lake to get at a bright pebble on the bottom of it.

There has to be a woman, but not much of a one. A good horse is much more important.

You are never defeated in life, you are only a learner.

Thank you for that, boy genius! Where did you graduate from? Hogwarts School for the Mentally Unbalanced?

Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.

A spirit, too, needs fuel. It can run dry.

Fine feelings, new insights, greater interest in ʿreligionʾ mean nothing unless they make our actual behavior better.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.

I do have very strong, very conflicted feelings about rating systems and social media.

Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious.