“Reason is not a tyrannical God like Allah, or a bloodthirsty demon like Bhowanee; Reason does not speak in my ears but gives me ears to listen with.”

“Time is such a cheat. The more importance you give it, the less you have of it.”

“Only the dead has seen th end of war”

“GOD GIVES US TWO EARS TO LISTEN MORE AND ONE TONGUE TO SPEAK LESS.”

“After I speak, my words merge with the wind, and if you’re listening, your ears act like sails and carry the conversation.”

“When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen only with her bodily ears, keeping the mental organs resolutely closed against the strongest reasoning.”

“The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.”