The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy.

The Jews are a nervous people. Nineteen centuries of Christian love have taken a toll.

Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

There is no diplomacy like silence.

One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.