There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

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.

Tomorrow when you wake up, be aware of how you dress your thoughts and emotions, because at the end of the day no matter what you look like, if your inner being isn't beautiful, neither are you.

Evil that arises out of ordinary thinking and is committed by ordinary people is the norm, not the exception.

Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane?

If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!

The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.

But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right.

If there were only one person in the world, is there any way he could be insane?

It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow.

Power doesn't always roar...The art of exerting power is an art used in doses - the more hidden it is the more effective.