Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again was not of the stuff of which leaders are made.
At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
In charity there is no excess.
Everything intercepts us from ourselves.
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
You’ll never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Courage is exhilarating.
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
The power which resides in man is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
There is nothing assured to mortals.
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.
Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads.
We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
