We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.

And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.

Circumstances break men's bones; it has never been shown that they break men's optimism.