All wisdom is not new wisdom.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.

Perfect solutions of our difficulties are not to be looked for in an imperfect world.

The Times is speechless, and takes three columns to express its speechlessness.

Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.