A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power. The prize of the general is not a bigger tent, but command.

It takes me several days, after I get back to Boston, to realize that the reference "the president" refers to the president of Harvard and not to a minor official in Washington.

One of the eternal conflicts out of which life is made up is that between the effort of every man to get the most he can for his services, and that of society, disguised under the name of capital, to get his services for the least possible return.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence.

Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.