You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
A majority is always better than the best repartee.
I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
There is a magic in the memory of a schoolboy friendship. It softens the heart and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.
Something will turn up.
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally create ourselves.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of diff...
I repeat... that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of dif...
Little things affect little minds.
The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
War is never a solution it is an aggravation.
Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.