Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and trying to get it on the cheapest and laziest terms He can invent.

Buy land, they're not making it anymore.

A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.