There is no thermometer for wants!

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.

hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.