It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.

A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.

It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind none is quite so curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.