No triumph of peace is quite so great as the supreme triumphs of war.

When we undertake the impossible, we often fail to do anything at all.

The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and reckless assaults on character, whether on the stump or in newspaper, magazine, or book, create a morbid and vicious public sentiment, and at the same time act as a profound deterrent to able men of normal sensitiveness and tend to prevent them from entering the public service at any price.

The president is that invisible force that makes a school of fish suddenly change direction, so that everyone 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' at the glimmering mass and only later wonders what makes them move in that way. I read somewhere-_Harper's_, I'm fairly certain-that the fish are only avoiding pockets of extra cold water.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.

wild flowers should be enjoyed unplucked where they grow.