To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

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.

I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread.

A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in the vernacular, we Americans are suckers for good news.