There are few positions less inspiriting than those of a discomfited party.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge. When a mind is full, like a wholesome river, it is also clear.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.