Whether a man chooses to tell the truth in long sentences or short jokes is a problem analogous to whether he chooses to tell the truth in French or in German.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

A modern man may disapprove of some of his sweeping reforms, and approve others; but finds it difficult not to admire even where he does not approve.

The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic.