Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

don't let anything make you believe that there are not as many decent men in the world as women, and they're just as decent. Life isn't worth living unless you know that - and it's true.

Taking somebody's sacrifices is like taking counterfeit money. You're only the poorer.

There's no healthy life possible without some sensual feeling between the husband and wife, but there's nothing in the world more awful than married life when it's the only common ground.

Compared with more emotional types, Vermonters seem to have few passions. But those they have are great and burning. The greatest is their conviction that without freedom human life is not worth living.

What is life, but one long risk?

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?