It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.

There is nothing more distressing ... than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition.

There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.

It is character that counts in a nation as in a man.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.