War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies ... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that on women, without a voice to protest, must fall the burden. It is easier to die than to send a son to death.

It takes a good many years and some pretty hard knocks to make people tolerant.

Love sees clearly, and seeing, loves on. But infatuation is blind; when it gains sight, it dies.

Useless as a pulled tooth.

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

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

To the bottle! In infancy, the milk bottle; in our prime, the wine bottle; in our dotage, the pill bottle.