I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

For my love, I will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me

Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in cafe society.

Music, when thus applied, raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer, and fills it with great conceptions. It strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture.

The essence of education is not to stuff you with facts but to help you discover your uniqueness, to teach you how to develop it, and then to show you how to give it away.

There's simply no way you can tell a woman you work with that you disapprove of her relationship with her adult child, no matter how much you think it would be better for him to move out.

When the storm brews and the waves swell, only an experienced captain can control the ship and save it.

Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

When Shakespeare doesn't feel like Shakespeare, it's the best.