Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

It is a monstrous thing to force a child to learn Latin or Greek or mathematics on the ground that they are an indispensable gymnastic for the mental powers. It would be monstrous even if it were true.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.

I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.

I can't turn your soul on. Leave me those feelings; and you can take away the voice and the face. They are not you.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.