The gratification of a thoughtless pleasure soon evaporates; the pleasure of a gratifying thought never ends.

Our freedom to discipline ourselves is a freedom we can lose if we don't use it.

A good education prepares a child to be a good employee and a good citizen-in that order, with the importance of the former never exceeding the importance of the latter.

Every U.S. citizen owes allegiance to our nation. Some Americans consider that anything less than high treason is allegiance.

Courtship brings out the best. Marriage brings out the rest.

A day's pay for a day's work is more than adequate when both the work and the pay are appreciated as much as they are expected.

Our laws can be friendly to those who obey them, and too often useful to those who don't.