Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

The average man is rich enough when he has a little more than he has got.

Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.

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

The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

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.