When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a little higher; sometimes the wind is too rough and we have to lower it a little, and sometimes it gets caught among the tree branches; but to reach the upper strata of pure bliss-ah, perhaps never.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.