It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader’s interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in.

The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L’Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.

I am as content to die for God’s eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.

So often we rob tomorrow’s memories by today’s economies.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child’s reason without destroying your own.

No man, with a man’s heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.

Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.

Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.