We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Love heightens all senses - except the common.

Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.

In early times some sufferer had to sit up with a toothache, and he put in the time inventing the German language.

To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.

I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.