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

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.

Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.

Do not trouble yourselves about standards or ideals; but try to be faithful and natural: remember that there is no greatness, no beauty, which does not come from truth to your own knowledge of things; and keep on working, even if your work is not long remembered.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.

I know, indeed, of nothing more subtly satisfying and cheering than a knowledge of the real good will and appreciation of others. Such happiness does not come with money, nor does it flow from fine physical state. It cannot be brought. But it is the keenest joy, after all; and the toiler's truest and best reward.