The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.

Be sincere. Be simple in words, manners, and gestures. Amuse as well as instruct. If you can make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believe you.

I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us.

I believe in the support of the public school as one of the cornerstones of American liberty. I believe in the right of every parent to choose whether his child shall be educated in the public school or in a religious school supported by those of his own faith.

The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.

If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.