Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

A wise man travels to discover himself.

I have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

My soul is not a palace of the past.

Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.