There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

Like the sun, a teacher enlightens a mind with his love, warmth, and light.

On the way toward success, obstacles are the barrier to build the power of the mind.

Morality is like the famous fig leaves that Adam and Eve used to cover their genitals after they first sinned. But what morality really covers up is will, which is our true nature.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do-or don't do.

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

White wing'd angels meet the child On the vestibule of life.

We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing

I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued, that they compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.

We can always begin again.

Every sovereign country has the right to control its borders, and should. The idea that anyone would sneak over our borders without proper documentation to me is absolutely abhorrent.