“Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them, they translate it into their own language, and forthwith it means something entirely different
“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
“If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world
“What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.
“Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work
“The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend