Under pressure, the mouth speaks when the brain is disengaged, and, sometimes unwittingly, the gearshift is in reverse when it should be in neutral.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.

A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.

Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

Every one knows that insufficient rest and gorging are not good for anyone, either physically or mentally.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.