The nation is divided, half patriots and half traitors, and no man can tell which from which.

Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination

A good legible label is usually worth, for information, a ton of significant attitude and expression in a historical picture.

what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness? you have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. there is always going to be suffering. it’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.

All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.