Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I can't believe that God plays dice with the universe.

I didn't think it was possible at my age, honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy.

You can't receive forgiveness unless you let God deal with your deceit.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.

I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.

I was the only guy who is referred to as Mr. Smith in the New York Times and in the same week as Sexy Rexy in some teen magazine.

In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so.

No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.