In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults

A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever.

Writing is so difficult that I feel that writers, having had their hell on earth, will escape all punishment hereafter.

Being consistent meant not departing from convictions already formulated; being a leader meant making other persons accept these convictions. It was a narrow track, and a one-way, but a person might travel a considerable distance on it. A number of dictators have.

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.