If We Choose To Be No More

Patriotism Is Understood To Be That Virtue Which Consists In Serving One's Country; But In What Way Is This 'patria' Or Country Served By Slaying Its Able Bodied Men In Thousands?

There Is Nothing So Depressing As A Constant Contemplation Of One's Self, And The Greatest Moral Cowardice In The World's Opinion Comes From Consulting One's Own Personal Convenience.

It Seems A Silly Kind O' Business To Bring Us Into The World At All For No Special Reason 'cept To Take Us Out Of It Again Just As Folks 'ave Learned To Know Us A Bit And Find Us Useful.

I Attribute My Good Fortune To The Simple Fact That I Have Always Tried To Write Straight From My Own Heart To The Hearts Of Others.

No One Is Contented In This World, I Believe. There Is Always Something Left To Desire, And The Last Thing Longed For Always Seems The Most Necessary To Happiness.