In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

Each one should remember there is a chance for him.

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him.