Calamity is man's true touchstone.

Calamity is man's true touchstone.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost