Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible.

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

The great war that broke so suddenly upon the world two years ago, and which has swept up within its flame so great a part of thecivilized world, has affected us very profoundly.... With its causes and its objects we are not concerned. The obscure fountains from which its stupendous flood has burst we are not interested to search for or explore.

Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.

Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.

I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.