Accident counts for much in companionship as in marriage.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

So far I had the god of evil and the god of terror on my side. My good-guy image was taking a serious beating. Maybe I should recruit some unicorns or kittens with rainbow powers to even us out.

If they weren’t good for you in 2015, they won’t be great for you in 2016. Let them go.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of sisters?

Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile they are commonly planted too close.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

Our responsibility is one of decision, for to govern is to choose.

A man who has been shot at is a new realist, and what do you say to a realist when the war is a war of ideals?

Everything is generated through your own will power. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. This is a democracy. You go where you want to go and do what you want to do.