Madame de Stael talks herself into a beauty.

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Evil prospers when good men do nothing.

Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot.

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.

The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted.

When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor.

METAPHOR: A tightly fitting suit of metal, generally tin, which entirely encloses the wearer, both impeding free movement and preventing emotional expression and/or social contact.

Faith mighty faith the promise sees And looks to that alone Laughs at impossibilities And cries it shall be done.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace.

he stood against the wind and let it peel him clean

You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

The great reformers of the world turn into the great misanthropists, if circumstances or organization do not permit them to act.

As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do.

Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity.

Women are very funny. Some of the funniest people I can think of are women.