War never decides who is right, only who is left.

Is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man, And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes in vain; This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, And wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

Revolution is not a dinner party.

We can only hate the person whom we love.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

after the rain comes a rainbow.

Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage and determination.

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.

Satisfy a few to please many is bad.

The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.

By the quality of our inner lives I do not mean something characterized by ferocious intensity and strain. I mean rather such a humble and genial devotedness as we find in the most loving of the saints. I mean the quality which makes contagious Christians, makes people catch the love of God from you.

In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.

Ride the air In whirlwind.

The renewal of our natures is a work of great importance. It is not to be done in a day. We have not only a new house to build up, but an old one to pull down.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!