War proves nothing. To kill a man does not prove that he was in the wrong. Bloodletting cannot change men's spirits, neither can the evil of men's thoughts be driven out by blows. If I go to my neighbor's house, and break her furniture, and smash her pictures, and bind her children captive, it does not prove that I am fitter to live than she - yet according to ethics of nations it does. I have conquered her and she must pay me for my trouble; and her house and all that is left in it belongs to my heirs and successors, forever. That is war!

Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing.

Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women.

Children are great idealists, until the stupidity of their elders puts out the fires of the aspirations.

I want to leave something behind when I go; some small legacy of truth, some word that will shine in a dark place.

Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it.

Prohibition is a hard sounding word, worthless as a rallying cry, hard as a locked door or going to bed without your supper.