The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom.

An index is a great leveller.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave of its victory. For without that you cannot be born again.

All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.

Your heart and your mouth wil be in two separate parts of your body if you again forget in whose presence you stand.

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.