The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.
It takes a great man to make a great listener
No man, or woman, was ever cured of love by discovering the falseness of his or her lover. The living together for three long, rainy days in the country has done more to dispel love than all the perfidies in love that have ever been committed.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
Offended vanity is the great separator in social life.
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.