“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth”

“One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything”

“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things”

“Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment.”

“The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them”

“Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never”