The comfortable thing about the study of history is that it inclines us to think hopefully of our own times.

Tea had come as a deliverer to a land that called for deliverance; a land of beef and ale, of heavy eating and abundant drunkenness; of gray skies and harsh winds; of strong-nerved, stout-purposed, slow-thinking men and women. Above all, a land of sheltered homes and warm firesides - firesides that were waiting - waiting for the bubbling kettle and the fragrant breath of tea.

To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth.

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom of a congressional vote.