Horace Porter

“The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils, but his whole life is already a treason and a stratagem.”

“A man whose name is on the lips of a nation is a man who has worked, and worked hard.”

“The man who has not the habit of reading is imprisoned in his immediate world, in respect to time and space.”

“The first thing a man has to do is to fall in love with his work.”

“There are men so conservative they are afraid the world will stop if they move.”

“The true hero is the one who conquers his own anger and hatred.”

“Humor is the sublime solace of the philosopher.”

“No one can say that the Confederate soldier was not a gallant fighter.”