Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.” [In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]

Don't deliver an essay with so many points. No one can absorb it. Just say one thing... Of course, you can say the point in many different ways over and over again with different illustrations.

Russian may seem narrow-minded, impudent, or even stupid people, but can only pray for those who are against them.

The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should not be applied at all. But you must start somewhere.

There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.