Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught.

Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer.

Nobody can misunderstand a child as much as his own parents.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos.

Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.