I said there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past-can't be restored.

Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?

Homely truth is unpalatable.

The only people who should use the possessive 'we' are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms.

Even popularity can be overdone. In Rome, along at first, you are full of regrets that Michelangelo died; but by and by, you only regret that you didn't see him do it.

Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.