Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.

This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

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

I like a bit of mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog.

We educate one another; and we cannot do this if half of us consider the other half not good enough to talk to.

The harder I work the more I live.