The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but also stronger and abler.

A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.

For those who fight for it life has a flavor the sheltered will never know

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.