If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.

If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular one is Providence.