When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.
The insolence of time is like a blow in the face from an unseen enemy.
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.
Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.
Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.
A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.