Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

When you're going through hell - just keep on going!

Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.

It is not open to the cool bystander . . . to set himself up as an impartial judge of events which would never have occurred had he outstretched a helping hand in time.

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired.