War is an ugly thing， but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war， is much worse.

You have to love before you can be relentless.

I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.

写作是唯一一件当我做它时，不会觉得我应该在做其他事情的事情。

Silence can sometimes be more powerful than words.

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."