"In the long run all battles are..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.”

“Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.”

“A mood of constructive criticism being upon me, I propose forthwith that the method of choosing legislators now prevailing in the United States be abandoned and that the method used in choosing juries be substituted. That is to say, I propose that the men who make our laws be chosen by chance and against will of all the rest of us, as now.”

“You either ride with us, or collide with us.”

“Conflicts bring experience and experience brings that growth in Grace which is not to be attained by any other means!”

“Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.”

“France lost a great novel last night.”

“Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which annihilates the memory, together with life.”

“He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.”