The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them from vinegar by the label.

No one can tell me what is a good cigar--for me. I am the only judge... There are no standards--no real standards. Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him.

Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.

Men think they think upon the great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature, but not that of the other side

The citizen who sees his society's democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people