Writer American Value essayist Humorist The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. - Charles Dudley Warner
Family Time Being World Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. - Charles Dudley Warner
Conversation Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it. - Charles Dudley Warner
People I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - Charles Dudley Warner
Power Being Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. - Charles Dudley Warner
Man Love How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man. - Charles Dudley Warner
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. - Julien Benda
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove. - Dean Inge