Primitive societies without religion have never been found.
Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.
The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.
We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.
The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.
The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.