Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt and solemn thanks to the Giver of Good; and we seek to praise Him -not by words only -but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow men.

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.

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

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Alike for the nation and the individual, the one indispensable requisite is character.

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but also stronger and abler.

Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who doesn't do things.