Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

wild flowers should be enjoyed unplucked where they grow.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.