There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

Nothing is more tiresome than a superannuated pedagogue.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

One sought not absolute truth. One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it.

If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.

Whenever a man reaches the top of the political ladder, his enemies unite to pull him down. His friends become critical and exacting.

During an election campaign the air is full of speeches and vice versa.