conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.

I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

Books are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers.

A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.