No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself.

Whatever crazy sorrow saith, No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.

Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old.

And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons, when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet.

The old order changes yielding place to new.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.