From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

There is nothing more perplexing in life than to know at what point you should surrender your intellect to your faith.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

[On Austen Chamberlain:] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions.

The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends

It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.