A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.

Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.