If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny.

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord.""It might to keep it open.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles.

I don't know if I am free because I am happy or happy because I am free.

Some of these rich folks seem to think that everything belongs to them and they'll even get to take it with them when they die. But you know what? You don't ever see a hearse pulling a U Haul.

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

I use the PhotoReady Foundation almost every day, and their lip glosses are fantastic.

People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.

Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.