One man in a thousand, Solomon says. Will stick more close than a brother. And it's worth while seeking him half your days If you find him before the other. ---The Thousandth Man

If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep... For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that an' Chuck him out, the brute! But it's Saviour of his country, when the guns begins to shoot!