How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and [how] hard it is to undo that work again!

If I had more time, I would have written less.

It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.

If your mother tells you to do a thing, it is wrong to reply that you won't. It is better and more becoming to intimate that you will do as she bids you, and then afterwards act quietly in the matter according to the dictates of your better judgment.

An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

Why is it that, among men, physical courage is a trait so plenteous yet moral courage is a trait so rare?

My father was a Saint Bernard, my mother was a Collie, but I am a Presbyterian.