No man who is in a hurry is quite civilized.

by and large the poor have the same impulses as the rich, with only less opportunity or skill to implement them

Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.

Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all.