There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle afer cycle, by force and bloodshed.

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.

Human Beings are the only animals that blush, or need to.

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.

But it was ever thus, all through my life: whenever I have diverged from custom and principle and uttered a truth, the rule has been that the hearer hadn't strength of mind enough to believe it.

There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.