I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Excuse me if I enjoy myself rather obviously! I don't often have the luck to have a dream like this. It is new to me for a nightmare to lead me to a lobster. It is commonly the other way.

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

The man who says, 'my country right or wrong' is like the man who says, 'my mother drunk or sober'

Tolerance is the virtue of those who don't believe anything.

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

The professional soldier gains more and more power as the general courage of a community declines.