'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.

The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

For all mankind that unstained scroll unfurled, Where God might write anew the story of the World.

You and I must not complain if our plans break down if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One who knows more than we do have succeeded.

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

Friendship is one of the greatest luxuries of life.

Behind all these men you have to do with, behind officers, and government, and people even, there is the country herself, your country, and . . . you belong to her as you belong to your own mother. Stand by her, boy, as you would stand by your mother.