Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

In all living there is a certain narrowness of application which leads to breadth and power. We have to concent on a thing in order to master it. Then we must be broad enough not to be narrowed by our specialties.

As long as we can keep our international relations in the realm of conference rather than open conflict, we are giving truth more time to vindicate itself. And what we ourselves need is more faith in the power of truth.

True liberty consists not merely in being free from something, but also in being free for something.

The forgiveness of the world can only be accomplished by the judgment of the world.

Gentleness is a divine trait: nothing is so divine as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it.