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

When we put our best foot forward, the other one had better be good enough to stand on.

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

A mind becomes a detriment when it acquires more intelligence than its integrity can handle.

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.

The wheel was invented so we could move faster. Credit was invented so we would have to.

One difference between savagery and civilization is a little courtesy. There's no telling what a lot of courtesy would do.