Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings.

Progress is the mother of all problems.

The English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.