There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating—people who know absolutely everything and people who know absolutely nothing.

The desire for recognition is the most fundamental human desire, and it is the source of both the greatest achievements and the greatest tragedies in human history.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; but they ne'er pardon who have done wrong.

The only information we can legitimately derive from aesthetic and moral experiences is information about our own mental and physical make-up.