The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.