A young mistress is better than an old master.

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

The new century will see changes that will dwarf those of the last.

Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.

Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept.

I was never a great amorist, though I have loved several people very deeply.

We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die.