Life is short. Forgive quickly, kiss slowly and love truly.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

Out of the public schools comes the greatness of the nation.

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

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.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.