Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.