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

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

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

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.

Love at a distance may be poignant; it is also idealized. Contact, more than separation, is the test of attachment.

People are subject to moods, to temptations and fears, lethargy and aberration and ignorance, and the staunchest qualities shift under the stresses and strains of daily life.

Next to a good meal and possibly a long night's sleep the greatest morale builder ... is clothes.