A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are.
Chauncey Depew"What is the most beautiful word in the language?" The elderly lawyer quickly replied: "Home."
Chauncey DepewBut the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the greater our reverence for the Pilgrim fathers. Between the drafting of their immortal charter of liberty in the cabin of the Mayflower and the fruition of their principles in the power and majesty of the republic of the United States of to-day is but a span in the records of the word, and yet it is the most important and beneficent chapter in history. To be able to claim descent from them, either by birth or adoption, is to glory in kinship with God's nobility.
Chauncey DepewThere have been many Presidents of the United States and the roll will be indefinitely extended. We have had a number of brilliant soldiers, but only one great general.
Chauncey Depew