Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would rather lump them than do away with them.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

Art is to beauty what honor is to honesty.

The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.