for business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.

Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.

The New York papers have long known that no large question is ever really settled until I have been consulted.

I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.