Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
A man by his sin may waste himself, which is to waste that which on earth is most like God. This is man's greatest tragedy and God's heaviest grief.
We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man.
Sentimentalist” is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse than to be cruel, which it isn’t.
A world in which others controlled the course of their own development, would be a world in which the American system would be seriously endangered.
If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?
Guts are important. Your guts are what digest things. But it is your brains that tell you which things to swallow and which not to swallow.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable.
When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.
Our problem is not adopting reforms, which we will do without question. It is not reaching an objective, which we will meet. But it is finding an end to the recession.
An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict.
The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Before borrowing money from a friend decide which you need most.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
That which the wise man does first, the fool does last.
