The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.

The substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind.

We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.

The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.

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

There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.