The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.

Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

If you want to change the future, you must change what you're doing in the present.

The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is being attacked, and every man will be glad of these conscience-soothing falsities

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.