When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.

Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting of balance between individual freedom and general order.

Prolonged statistics are a lethal dose, which if it does not kill will certainly dispel your audience.

Young people want to look like peas in a pod, and there is no use trying to make them different.

You can always spot a well informed man his views are the same as yours.

Some objects and events may be photographed, others, if one is to render their true quality, should be painted or set to music, since their essence is more faithfully reproduced through imagination than by the journalistic report.

in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and consideration, for the putting forth of effort. Two courteous and civilized human beings out of the loneliness of their souls owe that to each other.