If someone asked you, why not help him out?

There is a law of time, a law of oblivion: glory to the dead; life to the living.

In military science there is a principle more important than "Forward": it is that the task should be proportionate to the means.

Beat a dog once and you only have to show him the whip.

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.

Shall I describe the happiness it gave me to go into the classroom and pick up the chalk? ... It seemed to me the supreme, heartbreaking happiness to enter a classroom carrying a register as that bell rang, and start a lesson with the mysterious air of one about to unfold wonders.

Justness exists, even if few people exist who feel it.