Dinners are defined as the ultimate act of communion; men that can have communion in nothing else, can sympathetically eat together, can still rise into some glow of brotherhood over food and wine.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country. read more

• Thought Patriots Talk Dying for Their Country Killing

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech. read more

• Thought Good Poetry Seems Too Simple Natural Thing Meet Wonder Men Poets Nothing Healthy Speech

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. read more

• Thought Life Percent What Happens Ninety How Respond

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. read more

• Thought Forget About Likes Dislikes They Consequence Do What Done Happiness Greatness

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering. read more

• Thought Waiting Painful Forgetting Knowing Which Do Worse Kind Suffering

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears. read more

• Thought by Nature Man Hates Change Seldom Quit Old Home Till Actually Fallen Around Ears

A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one. read more

• Thought Mystic Bond Brotherhood Makes Men

Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part of dupes. read more

• Thought Dishonesty Raw Material Quacks Also Great Part Dupes

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. read more

• Thought Youth Glad Season Life Often by What Hopes Attains Escapes

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. read more

• Thought Clever Men Good They Best