Knowledge Is The Only Elegance.

Whatever You Do, You Need Courage. Whatever Course You Decide Upon, There Is Always Someone To Tell You That You Are Wrong. There Are Always Difficulties Arising That Tempt You To Believe Your Critics Are Right. To Map Out A Course Of Action And Follow It To An End Requires Some Of The Same Courage That A Soldier Needs. Peace Has Its Victories, But It Takes Brave Men And Women To Win Them.

The Mind Does Not Create What It Perceives, Any More Than The Eye Creates The Rose.

Our Friendships Hurry To Short And Poor Conclusions, Because We Have Made Them A Texture Of Wine And Dreams, Instead Of The Toughfibre Of The Human Heart. The Laws Of Friendship Are Austere And Eternal, Of One Web With The Laws Of Nature And Of Morals.

Cities Force Growth And Make People Talkative And Entertaining, But They Also Make Them Artificial.

In England Every Man You Meet Is Some Man's Son; In America, He May Be Some Man's Father.