There is nothing in the world so incomprehensible as the joke we do not see.

The man who never tells an unpalatable truth 'at the wrong time' (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.

History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories; it cannot be stripped of things evidenced in favor of things surmised.

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

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.

the most charming thing about youth is the tenacity of its impressions.