A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person has no more right to attend a party with a head full of venom than with a throat full of virus.

The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.

As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. Some people have easy temperaments and weak characters; others have difficult temperaments and strong characters. We are all prone to confuse the two in assessing people we associate with. Those with easy temperaments and weak characters are more likable than admirable; those with difficult temperaments and strong characters are more admirable than likable.

Just about the only interruption we don't object to is applause.

It may be true that the weak will always be driven to the wall; but it is the task of a just society to see that the wall is climbable.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.