The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

Opportunities for education should be within the reach of every individual, not for the lucky few.

Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick.

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebra which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing.

A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who ''lives well.''

The cheerful loser is the winner.

Library: A place where the dead lie.