Go to bed early, get up early-this is wise.

I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.

A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant associations. By and by, as the days and weeks go on, first he misses this, then that, then the other thing. And when he casts about for it he finds that it was in that house. Always it is an essential - here was but one of its kind. It cannot be replaced. It was in that house. It is irrevocably lost...It will be years before the tale of lost essentials is complete, and not till then can he truly know the magnitude of his disaster.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

Bridgeport?" Said I. "Camelot," Said he.