Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children.

The inability to forget is far more devastating than the inability to remember.

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

There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.

Between us, we cover all knowledge; he knows all that can be known and I know the rest.

great people are those who make others feel that they, too, can become great.

In the South the war is what A.D. is elsewhere; they date from it.