Win for yourself that which your fathers have won.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

America, you have it better than our continent, the old one.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

Once you have missed the first buttonhole, you'll never manage to button up.

Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world.

Over all the mountain tops is peace.