We are the masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first and main characteristic of mankind.

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty…

The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

How often in life must one be content with what one can get!

Enough is as good as a feast.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.