No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece in each hand and, lo and behold, you will be on a balanced diet! Happy birthday, old chum!

As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.