Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

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

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

As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at all.

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