Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

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

All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other, and that each man shall be given the first chance to show the stuff that is in him.

Speak softly, I'm getting my massage.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

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