Sin in this country has been always said to be rather calculating than impulsive.

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

When temptations march monotonously in regiments, one waits for to pass.

As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.