To get the full value of joy You must have someone to divide it with.
The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten
"Classic": A book which people praise but don't read.
To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
[Education] consists mainly in what we have unlearned.
Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- by force of circumstances, not argument -- to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.
Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain
I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices
The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny
New Year's Day - Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
It is better to give than receive- especially advice
We [Americans] are the lavishest and showiest and most luxury-loving people on the earth; and at our masthead we fly one true and honest symbol, the gaudiest flag the world has ever seen.
His ignorance covers the world like a blanket, and there's scarcely a hole in it anywhere
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