Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does not remember the past will find himself condemned to repeat it.

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

I would have been content with any job however thankless, in any quarter however remote, if I had a chance of making a corner of the desert blossom and the solitary place glad.