There is no such thing as white lies; a lie is as black as a coalpit, and twice as foul.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.

It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Nowhere on the globe do men live so well as in America, or grumble so much.

Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God's worship.