We may put too high a premium on speech from platform and pulpit, at the bar and in the legislative hall, and pay dear for the whistle of our endless harangues. England and especially Germany, are less loquacious, and attend more to business. We let the eagle, and perhaps too often the peacock, scream.

A cancer is not only a physical disease, it is a state of mind.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.

Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.

Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.