"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and a…"

"If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him."

"The value of a man is not measured by the number of truths he has accumulated, but by the extent to which he has freed himself from error."

"The life of an individual is a constant struggle, and not merely a metaphorical one against want or boredom, but also an actual struggle against other people."

"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies toot…"