Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Someone asked me...how it felt and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell--Abraham Lincoln. They asked him how he felt once after an unsuccessful election. He said he felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.