There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Our notion of an optimist is a man who knowing that each year was worse than the preceding, thinks next year will be better. And a pessimist is a man who knows the next year can't be worse than the last one.

Life, lift the full goblet--away with all sorrow-- The circle of friendship what freedom would sever? To-day is our own, and a fig for to-morrow-- Here's to the Fourth and our country forever.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.