That one flag encircles us with its folds today, the unrivaled object of our loyal love.

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.

Great lives never go out; they go on.

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given.

The bud of victory is always in the truth.

We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.

I am thorough believer in the American test of character. He will not build high who does not build for himself.

I'd rather have a bullet inside of me than to be living in constant dread of one.

The disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is a crime too grave to be regarded lightly.

Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.

I knew that my staying up would not change the election result if I were defeated, while if elected I had a hard day ahead of me. So I thought a night's rest was best in any event.

It's chance, I tell you, ' he interrupted, ' as everything is in a man's life.

Are infinite possibilities a storyteller's worst enemy or best friend? I'd say a bit of both really and one must be grateful for this paradox.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

There is no victory without pain.

Appearances are but a glimpse of what is hidden.

What have you done when you have bested a fool?

The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister.

Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.

In humor, almost always, less is more.

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.