"For what sense or understanding have they? They follow minstrels and take the multitude for a teacher, not knowing that many are bad and few good. For the best men choose one thing above all – immortal glory among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle."

"To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states."

"As regards the security of a country against foreign invasion, it is interesting to note that it depends only on the relative, and not the absolute, number of the individuals or magnitude of the force…"

"Down there it's still Summer, I suppose, whereas our sun is already gilding the mountains and the larches are turning yellow, but the colours are wonderful, like old, dark red satin. Down here in the …"

"The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in t…"