“... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.”

“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”

“Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.”

“Edward Gibbon, in his classic work on the fall of the Roman Empire, describes the Roman era's declension as a place where "bizarreness masqueraded as creativity.”

“Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.”

“My early and invincible love of reading--I would not exchange for the treasures of India.”