Ordinarily he was insane, but he had lucid moments when he was merely stupid.
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.