The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

You don't expect me to know what to say about a play when I don't know who the author is, do you? . . . If it's by a good author, it's a good play, naturally. That stands to reason.

English is the easiest language to speak badly.

We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself.