Strange is the man who practices his religion.

O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain.

The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as he was before he got religion, the other one gives us a picture of him as he appeared afterward.

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

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene