If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.

One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man.

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.

National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.