What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

People nowadays have such high hopes of America and the political conditions obtaining there that one might say the desires, at least the secret desires, of al…

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of …

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.

The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is n…