Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.

Sympathy is the child of imagination

I am an agnostic as to the question of God.

Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

I cannot tell and I shall never know how many words of mine might have given birth to cruelty in place of love and kindness and charity.

Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.