“You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.”

“You oughtn't to see this," Will muttered in my ear. "You'll never want to have a baby if you do. They oughtn't to let women watch. It'll be the end of the human race.”

“We dream of a brighter future, quiet, adjust. But we open hidden doors, doors that destroy our world slowly piece by piece. War will be the end of the human race but even if some survive war will never end.”

“Encouraging Robert E. Lee to take a job as college president, "You might be presenting to the world in such a position an example of quiet usefulness and gentle patriotism.”

“You'll never be a wonderful woman or even a wonderful human being until you learn to have some regard for human frailty.”

“Well, you'll have to wait till tomorrow. I'm out of commission." (he points to his shirt) "Look. Jammies.”