As to that leisure evening of life, I must say that I do not want it. I can conceive of no contentment of which toil is not to be the immediate parent.

To feel that your hours are filled to overflowing, that you can barely steal minutes enough for sleep, that the welfare of many is entrusted to you, that the world looks on and approves, that some good is always being done to others -- above all things some good to your country; -- that is happiness.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.

One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.