I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

I must be wanting to be President. Every young man does. But I won't let myself think of it; I must not, because if I do, I will begin to work for it; I'll be careful, calculating, cautious in word and act, and so - I'll beat myself.

I do not dislike but I certainly have no especial respect or admiration for and no trust in, the typical big moneyed men of my country. I do not regard them as furnishing sound opinion as respects either foreign or domestic business.