Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.
America is a land of creators and rebels.
The brave forget. It is those who fought less bravely, or those who fought without justice and live in fear of their victory, who forget the least.
Strength comes from waiting.
Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.