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.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

I was born in the country of Hogg and Scott between the Yarrow and the Tweed, in the year 1864.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.

Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

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