The reward of the general is not a bigger tent but command.
Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.
Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
Husband and wife come to look alike at last.
Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left.
Speak clearly if you speak at all Carve every word before you let it fall.
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye the more light you pour upon it the more it will contract.
You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man and to the man with special talents this is a very special claim. It is required that...
Man has his will - but woman has her way.
Life is a great bundle of little things.
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively but their shape and lustre ha...
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.
Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
Apology - a desperate habit and one that is rarely cured.