1213  “The person who gives with a smile is the best giver because God loves a cheerful giver.”

1094  Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

858  To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.

761  Digressions, objections, delight in mockery, carefree mistrust are signs of health; everything unconditional belongs in pathology.

929  Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.