In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it.

Newspapers are to the body politic what arteries are to the human body, their function being to carry blood and sustenance and repair to every part of the body.

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.

Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.