It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to be safe...that there can be...stability of value and...economic progress.

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.

7 things negative people will do to you. They will... 1. Demean your value

Don’t hate people who show you what’s wrong with you. They are your mirror, they are your true friends.

Society prepares the crime

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each one.

The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.

I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway carried back to the one.

I told my whole life story in my book.

I don't really understand the natural world, I admire it and am a little bit afraid of its power.

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

I don't really even go out that much now except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised.