It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.

Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.

I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases

But it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man's mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. Hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done.

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

The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.