In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

I wonder why we hate the past so.

Inequality is as dear to the American heart as liberty itself.