We can achieve what we can conceive and believe.

One of my theories is that the hearts of men are about alike, no matter what their skin color.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.

You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.

There is no humor in heaven.