What a privilege it is to be an American!

Nature never writes a blind hand.

The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.

Great eloquence we cannot get, except from human genius.

Leaves are the Greek, flowers the Italian, phase of the spirit of beauty that reveals itself through the flora of the globe.

It is strange. I see all the privileges and greatness of the future. It already looks grand, beautiful. Tell them I went lovingly, trustfully, peacefully.

Though I weigh only 120 pounds, when I'm mad, I weigh a ton.

The oak roars when a high wind wrestles with it; the beech shrieks; the elm sends forth a long, deep groan; the ash pours out moans of thrilling anguish.

The Truth is true testimony of God.

In the midst of battle, you need something versatile to keep your focus

If one has no compass, when one doesn't know where one stands and where one wants to go, one can deduce that one has no leadership or interest in shaping events.

Greatest thing in life is experience. Even mistakes have value.

Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.

Whoever shall review his life, will find that the whole tenor of his conduct has been determined by some accident of no apparent moment.

God loves us and seeks our redemption, at times through angels.

The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing

The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own.

My style is to go in there... and kill the guy, you know