Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.
Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.
We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance.
The indulgence in grief is a blunder.
Difficulties melt away under tact.