Storehouses filled with merchandise will prove a better guarantee than arsenals bulging with ammunition.

I sometimes think that the prevalent use of external cosmetics eats out the internal brain if persisted in long enough.

It is high time that the American people should remember a few home truths, and that we should refuse to become partners with a militarism which is still stalking unchecked under the pretense of national needs and of international justice.

Throughout my life, I have always found that events which seemed at the time disastrous ultimately developed into positive blessings.

Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands for personal attendance. They should not carry their moods into the drawing-room or to the table, and, whether they are bored or not, should be ready to contribute as much as in their power to an atmosphere of pleasure. If the above involves too much self-sacrifice, then an invitation to visit should by no means be accepted.

No influence so quickly converts a radical into a reactionary as does his election to power.

Storehouses filled with merchandise will prove a better guarantee than arsenals bulging with ammunition.