Performance should be made square with promise.

I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.

The liar is no whit better than the thief, and if his mendacity takes the form of slander he may be worse than most thieves. It puts a premium upon knavery untruthfully to attack an honest man, or even with hysterical exaggeration to assail a bad man with untruth.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.