A lost article invariably shows up after you replace it.

I always enjoy animal acts.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

Despotism has forever had a powerful hold upon the world. Autocratic government, not self-government, has been the prevailing state of mankind. The record of past history is the record, not of the success of republics, but of their failure.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Whenever Nature's bounty is in danger of exhaustion, the chemist has sought for a substitute. The conquest of disease has made great progress as a result of your efforts. Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation. Waste materials, formerly cast aside, are now being utilized.

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.