It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man.

A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.

No man should dogmatize except on the subject of theology. Here he can take his stand, and by throwing the burden of proof on the opposition, he is invincible. We have to die to find out whether he is right.

Christianity supplies a Hell for the people who disagree with you and a Heaven for your friends.

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.

A form of self-delusion.