The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

The Great Man is a man who lives a long way off.

Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.

If there is any better way to teach virtue than by practicing it, I do not know it.