Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?

I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.

Opportunity is the great bawd.

Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.