A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art.

Talk to a man about himself, and he is generally captivated.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who conde…

It is where life is fundamental and free that men develop the vision needed to reveal the human soul in the blossoms it puts forth. ... In a great workshop lik…

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

'New York is what Rome used to be.' he told biographer Ray Coleman.