Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.
One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
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.
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.
As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.