"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ... Astronomy repeats itself; botany repeats itself; trigonometry repeats itself; mechanics repeats itself; compound long division repeats itself. Every sum if worked out in the same way at any time will bring out the same answer. ... A great many moderns say that history is a science; if so it occupies a solitary and splendid elevation among the sciences; it is the only science the conclusions of which are always wrong.

Stated baldly, charity certainly means one of two things–pardoning unpardonable acts, or loving unlovable people.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.

Life is indeed terribly complicated—to a man who has lost his principles.