Agitators and declaimers may heat the blood, but they do not illumine the mind.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

Let us talk about oxymoron, common sense, for instance.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

No issue is more important to this Congress than securing our borders and protecting our homeland, and I guarantee it is very important to our constituents.

I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.

All I say is, if you cannot ride two horses you have no right in the circus.

I have existed before Abraham was born.

It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.

The old men know when an old man dies.

If you miss someone too much you turn into them... though it doesn't seem to work for the Christian Church.