If you convey to a woman that something ought to be done, there is always a dreadful danger that she will suddenly do it.

We have passed the age of the demagogue, the man who has little to say and says it loud. We have come to the age of the mystagogue or don, the man who has nothing to say, but says it softly and impressively in an indistinct whisper.

Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

When "everyone knows" that something is so, it is always more interesting and often illuminating to assumeexactly the opposite, and to see where that leads.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.