To make the common marvelous is the test of genius.

We look at death through the cheap-glazed windows of the flesh, and believe him the monster which the flawed and cracked glass represents him.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one a friend.

To fail at all is to fail utterly.