Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

In God We Trust. It is the choicest compliment that has ever been paid us, and the most gratifying to our feelings. It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased; it always sounds well - In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.

In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

Your actions speak so much louder than words.

There is no such thing as material covetousness. All covetousness is spiritual. ...Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.