When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

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

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.

Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

There's nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.