"It is an ill wind," etc. The harder the times become to others, the better they become to the sheriff.
Germany wants to reap where she has not sown.
Misery likes company. It is consolation to know that everybody else is hard up during these hard times.
In our life struggle we are obliged to sacrifice many of our pet ambitions.
If a person is not naturally inclined he cannot be influenced by argument.
When the war is over it will be an easy matter to estimate the German casualties. She had about sixty-five millions.
The present seems to be a thing of the past.
An honorable defeat is more commendable than an empty triumph.
One half of the war in Europe does not know what the other half is doing.
Sometimes finance gets men into positions for which they are not qualified.