Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

In forgiving, people are not being asked to forget. On the contrary, it is important to remember, so that we should not let such atrocities happen again. Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

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.

The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.

Circumstances make man, not man circumstances.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.