I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter.

These are times of action. Men think and then act; sometimes, indeed, they simply act.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter.

Girls inevitably grew into women, but something of the boy persisted in every man.

It is only in his head that man is heroic; in the pit of his stomach he is always a coward.

Politics is still the man's game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then--but only occasionally--one is present at some secret conference or other. But it's not the rule. They can go out and get the vote, if they can and will; they can collect money, they can be grateful for being permitted to work. But that is all.