Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.