Adam was the luckiest man in the world. He had no mother-in-law.
One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.
Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?
All gods are better than their reputation.
Well - Patriotism has its laws. And it also is a perfectly definite one, there are not vaguenesses about it. It commands that the brother over the border shall be sharply watched and brought to book every time he does us a hurt or offends us with an insult.
There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.