Of all forms of human error, prophesy is the most avoidable.

If you are to rule men, you must rule them through their own ideas.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile.

There's times when the crockery seems alive, an' flies out o' your hand like a bird. It's like the glass, sometimes, 'ull crack as it stands. What is to be broke will be broke.

What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?