Great grief makes sacred those upon whom its hand is laid. Joy may elevate, ambition glorify, but sorrow alone can consecrate.

Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.

Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive while you're at it.

Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

The way we do things is to begin.