The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.

Customs represent the experience of mankind.

Never forget what a man has said to you when he was angry. If he has charged you with anything, you had better look it up.

There is an army of waiters in this world.

Every boy wants someone older than himself to whom he may go in moods of confidence and yearning. The neglect of this child's want by grown people . . . is a fertile source of suffering.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.