History is more or less bunk.
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.